BACK TO WORK
Knights 'get better' in 69-33 rout of Lawrence
By Tom HamSenior Staff Writer
The Greenfield School varsity boys basketball team ended a four-game skid with a 69-33 rout against overmatched Lawrence Academy before a sparse turnout in the Greenfield gymnasium Monday evening.
In the process, veteran head coach Rob Salter declared his Knights "got better” in evening their record at 10-10 in breaking from a brutal holiday stretch.
Salter credited Lawrence head coach Jon Powell for "doing a great job with what he has”and explained the Warriors’ offensive sets challenged Greenfield’s defensive rotation.
"They are extremely well-coached,” Salter added. "Those guys competed, played hard and made us work. We got better because they played so hard.”
The Warriors, with a roster of seven players, of the North Carolina Indpendent Schools Athletic Association 1-A Tarheel Independents Conference departed 3-7.
The highlight for Lawrence was scoring first to start each half. Senior Trey Styron swished two free throws for the first points and opened the second half with a bucket off a drive to the basket.
But after Styron’s free throws, the Knights of the NCISAA 1-A Coastal Plain Independents Conference answered with the next 19 points as senior twins Jake Taylor and Luke Taylor and 6-foot-4 sophomore Coby White shared the wealth.
Lawrence was without a field goal until senior Bryant Goodwin slipped inside and scored with 31 seconds left in the opening quarter.
Ahead 19-4 after one quarter, Greenfield started the second period with a 12-0 tear as 6-4 junior Dorieon Suggs became involved.
The Knights sizzled in the third quarter, burying 11 of 14 shots from the floor and, in the second half, drained a scorching 14 of 20 attempts for 70-percent accuracy.
"We knew they were not as strong an opponent,” noted Jake Taylor, who sparkled with 15 points and eight rebounds. "We worked on stuff to get us better for the rest of the season. We started a little slow but, the more we got into the game, we got in rhythm and played like we usually do. It was nice to get into a groove in our first game back (from the holidays).”
Highlighting the evening was White, despite being only a sophomore, scoring the 1,000th point of his Greenfield career on a scoop shot with 2:10 left in the third quarter. Salter said White is the fastest Greenfield player to reach 1,000 points in the program’s 48-year history.
White finished with 16 points and nine rebounds. Suggs netted 13 points and D.J. Rawlinson, a sophomore transfer from Ohio, canned 10 points in his home debut.
"He’s going to help us,” Salter commented of Rawlinson. "He’s quick, a really good defender, gets in the lane and make things happen.”
Jake Taylor noted of Rawlinson: "He brings a lot of energy off the bench, plays good defense and gives us another ball-handler.”
Junior Ashley Jump grabbed seven rebounds.
Styron and junior Miller Trowell led the Lawrence scoring with eight points each.
"We have played a really, really strong schedule,” Salter emphasized, "and it was good to see the ball go in the hole and us get a little confidence back.
"We worked on little things — tempo, talking and communicating on defense. Our guys did some good things.”
Indeed, the Knights did enough good things that the officials authorized the clock to run continuously with over five minutes left in the third quarter after Greenfield’s lead reached 40 points (62-22).
Greenfield dominated the rebounding 43-15 and committed 12 turnovers as compared to 15 for the Warriors. Five of the turnovers occurred after Salter turned action over to his reserves the final quarter.
hammer@wilsontimes.com | 265-7819
Knights 'get better' in 69-33 rout of Lawrence
By Tom HamSenior Staff Writer
The Greenfield School varsity boys basketball team ended a four-game skid with a 69-33 rout against overmatched Lawrence Academy before a sparse turnout in the Greenfield gymnasium Monday evening.
In the process, veteran head coach Rob Salter declared his Knights "got better” in evening their record at 10-10 in breaking from a brutal holiday stretch.
Salter credited Lawrence head coach Jon Powell for "doing a great job with what he has”and explained the Warriors’ offensive sets challenged Greenfield’s defensive rotation.
"They are extremely well-coached,” Salter added. "Those guys competed, played hard and made us work. We got better because they played so hard.”
The Warriors, with a roster of seven players, of the North Carolina Indpendent Schools Athletic Association 1-A Tarheel Independents Conference departed 3-7.
The highlight for Lawrence was scoring first to start each half. Senior Trey Styron swished two free throws for the first points and opened the second half with a bucket off a drive to the basket.
But after Styron’s free throws, the Knights of the NCISAA 1-A Coastal Plain Independents Conference answered with the next 19 points as senior twins Jake Taylor and Luke Taylor and 6-foot-4 sophomore Coby White shared the wealth.
Lawrence was without a field goal until senior Bryant Goodwin slipped inside and scored with 31 seconds left in the opening quarter.
Ahead 19-4 after one quarter, Greenfield started the second period with a 12-0 tear as 6-4 junior Dorieon Suggs became involved.
The Knights sizzled in the third quarter, burying 11 of 14 shots from the floor and, in the second half, drained a scorching 14 of 20 attempts for 70-percent accuracy.
"We knew they were not as strong an opponent,” noted Jake Taylor, who sparkled with 15 points and eight rebounds. "We worked on stuff to get us better for the rest of the season. We started a little slow but, the more we got into the game, we got in rhythm and played like we usually do. It was nice to get into a groove in our first game back (from the holidays).”
Highlighting the evening was White, despite being only a sophomore, scoring the 1,000th point of his Greenfield career on a scoop shot with 2:10 left in the third quarter. Salter said White is the fastest Greenfield player to reach 1,000 points in the program’s 48-year history.
White finished with 16 points and nine rebounds. Suggs netted 13 points and D.J. Rawlinson, a sophomore transfer from Ohio, canned 10 points in his home debut.
"He’s going to help us,” Salter commented of Rawlinson. "He’s quick, a really good defender, gets in the lane and make things happen.”
Jake Taylor noted of Rawlinson: "He brings a lot of energy off the bench, plays good defense and gives us another ball-handler.”
Junior Ashley Jump grabbed seven rebounds.
Styron and junior Miller Trowell led the Lawrence scoring with eight points each.
"We have played a really, really strong schedule,” Salter emphasized, "and it was good to see the ball go in the hole and us get a little confidence back.
"We worked on little things — tempo, talking and communicating on defense. Our guys did some good things.”
Indeed, the Knights did enough good things that the officials authorized the clock to run continuously with over five minutes left in the third quarter after Greenfield’s lead reached 40 points (62-22).
Greenfield dominated the rebounding 43-15 and committed 12 turnovers as compared to 15 for the Warriors. Five of the turnovers occurred after Salter turned action over to his reserves the final quarter.
hammer@wilsontimes.com | 265-7819
