Cohesive Knights blast Wayne Christian
GOLDSBORO — A 16-point performance by Dji Bailey led the Greenfield School boys basketball team to a 90-50 balanced team victory at Wayne Christian on Tuesday night.
As a team, the Knights (19-4) shot 12-for-21 from the 3-point line, putting down the Eagles in a 1-A/2-A Coastal Plain Independent Conference matchup for good with a 30-point third quarter.
Spreading the wealth offensively with five scorers in double digits — Creighton Lebo, Jordan Lynch, Bailey, Trey Pittman and Hampton Evans — Greenfield overcame Wayne Christian’s leading scorer, Jay Curry, who scored 20 points in the loss.
The Knights will travel to Raleigh Friendship Christian on Friday for another conference game.
GREENFIELD (90)
Lebo 14, Lynch 11, Guilford 8, Bailey 16, Pittman 14, Evans 12, Holland 3, Paten 3, Watt 3, Alston 4, Wall 2.
WAYNE CHRISTIAN (50)
Curry 20, Boston 2, Herring 9, Brenner 6, Wallace 5, Wade 2, Johnson 2, Miller 4.
Score by quarters:
Greenfield 27 26 30 7 — 90
Wayne Christian 8 15 9 18 — 50
GOLDSBORO — A 16-point performance by Dji Bailey led the Greenfield School boys basketball team to a 90-50 balanced team victory at Wayne Christian on Tuesday night.
As a team, the Knights (19-4) shot 12-for-21 from the 3-point line, putting down the Eagles in a 1-A/2-A Coastal Plain Independent Conference matchup for good with a 30-point third quarter.
Spreading the wealth offensively with five scorers in double digits — Creighton Lebo, Jordan Lynch, Bailey, Trey Pittman and Hampton Evans — Greenfield overcame Wayne Christian’s leading scorer, Jay Curry, who scored 20 points in the loss.
The Knights will travel to Raleigh Friendship Christian on Friday for another conference game.
GREENFIELD (90)
Lebo 14, Lynch 11, Guilford 8, Bailey 16, Pittman 14, Evans 12, Holland 3, Paten 3, Watt 3, Alston 4, Wall 2.
WAYNE CHRISTIAN (50)
Curry 20, Boston 2, Herring 9, Brenner 6, Wallace 5, Wade 2, Johnson 2, Miller 4.
Score by quarters:
Greenfield 27 26 30 7 — 90
Wayne Christian 8 15 9 18 — 50
