6 STRAIGHT FOR BENGALS
BY JP MUNDY
Special to the News & Record
GREENSBORO _ The HAECO Invitational championship once again will sit inside Greensboro Day’s trophy case, as the Bengals dispatched Northwest Guilford 54-36 Wednesday at the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center.
The Bengals have won six straight HAECO titles, 12 since their impressive run began back in 2000. Head coach Freddy Johnson had a simple explanation for the run of success in this holiday hoops tradition.
“Good players,” he said. “Good players make good coaches, and they played hard tonight. I give a lot of credit to Northwest. They played so hard, and they’re so well-coached.”
The game began with a flash of old-school basketball, as Northwest point guard Jalen Spicer put on a dribbling exhibition for two minutes, drawing surprised looks from the Bengals’ defenders. After a missed 3-pointer, however, Solomon Smith scored three quick baskets and the rest of the first quarter belongedto Greensboro Day. Northwest didn’t score its first points until there werejust over 2 minutes to play in the period before settling
down in the second quarter.
“They’re a very talented team, ranked third in the nation,” Northwest coach Lee Reavis said. “We thought we’d come out and give them a different
look and give us a chance and make them play some defense, take some good shots. We had an open look and it didn’t go, and then we got behind pretty quick.”
Northwest Guilford fought back in the second quarter and went into halftime trailing 25-16, due in part to Temple-bound senior J.P. Moorman sitting
out the period with foul trouble. Moorman dominated the second half on both ends of the floor, scoring 10 points to earn his second straight HAECO
MVP award.
“I had two early fouls so I had to sit the whole second quarter so I just came out with a vengeance and played as hard as I could in the second half,” Moorman said. I’ve won three straight (championships) after transferring from Grimsley and it’s been amazing not losing a Little Four game since then. I’m just very blessed.”
Greensboro Day enters the new year as city champions, but Johnson knows that the start of 2017 means another tough slate of conference games in the PACIS.
“We should be (ready) after this week,” he said. “We’ve played six good teams, two of them were nationally ranked teams. So we feel very good about where we are right now. But tomorrow morning you wake up and it’s a different game.”
Northwest Guilford 2 14 11 9—36
Greensboro Day 14 11 11 18—54
Northwest Guilford (10-2): Tre Turner 4-17 4-10 12; Reggie Davis 4-10 1-3 9; Thomas Hennigan 4-13 1-3 9; Jalen Spicer 1-6 0-0 2; Christian Hampton 1-1 0-0 2; Jacob Davis 1-1 0-0 2; Landon Sutton 0-0 0-0 0; Kyle Sullivan 0-0 0-0 0; Jacob Riddles 0-0 0-0 0; Matt Rakes
0-1 0-0 0; Thomas Smith 0-0 0-0 0; Jacob Leonard 0-0 0-0 0; David Funderburg 0-2 0-0 0.
Totals 15-51 6-16 36.
Greensboro Day (20-1): John Newman 7-11 0-0 16; J.P. Moorman 5-8 0-0 10; Pearce Landry 3-6 0-1 9; Solomon Smith 4-5 0-0 8; Jordan Perkins 2-7 0-0 4; Mike Fowler 1-2 1-1 3; Austin Inge 1-1 0-0 2; Will Dillard 0-4 2-2 2; Alex Michael 0-1 0-0 0; Tristan Perry 0-0 0-0 0; Adam Lovelace 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 23-45 3-4 54.
3-point goals: Northwest Guilford 0-11 (Tre Turner 0-4; Reggie Davis 0-4; Thomas Hennigan 0-1; Jalen Spicer 0-1; Matt Rakes 0-1),
Greensboro Day School 5-14 (Pearce Landry 3-5; John Newman 2-3; Jordan Perkins 0-2; Will Dillard 0-1; Alex Michael 0-1; J.P. Moorman 0-2).
Rebounds: Northwest Guilford 35 (Tre Turner 9), Greensboro Day School 29 (John Newman 8; J.P. Moorman 8).
Assists: Northwest Guilford 2 (Jalen Spicer 2), Greensboro Day School 15 (Jordan Perkins 5).
Total fouls: Northwest Guilford 12, Greensboro Day School 14.
Technical fouls: Hennigan, Perkins.
BY JP MUNDY
Special to the News & Record
GREENSBORO _ The HAECO Invitational championship once again will sit inside Greensboro Day’s trophy case, as the Bengals dispatched Northwest Guilford 54-36 Wednesday at the Greensboro Coliseum Special Events Center.
The Bengals have won six straight HAECO titles, 12 since their impressive run began back in 2000. Head coach Freddy Johnson had a simple explanation for the run of success in this holiday hoops tradition.
“Good players,” he said. “Good players make good coaches, and they played hard tonight. I give a lot of credit to Northwest. They played so hard, and they’re so well-coached.”
The game began with a flash of old-school basketball, as Northwest point guard Jalen Spicer put on a dribbling exhibition for two minutes, drawing surprised looks from the Bengals’ defenders. After a missed 3-pointer, however, Solomon Smith scored three quick baskets and the rest of the first quarter belongedto Greensboro Day. Northwest didn’t score its first points until there werejust over 2 minutes to play in the period before settling
down in the second quarter.
“They’re a very talented team, ranked third in the nation,” Northwest coach Lee Reavis said. “We thought we’d come out and give them a different
look and give us a chance and make them play some defense, take some good shots. We had an open look and it didn’t go, and then we got behind pretty quick.”
Northwest Guilford fought back in the second quarter and went into halftime trailing 25-16, due in part to Temple-bound senior J.P. Moorman sitting
out the period with foul trouble. Moorman dominated the second half on both ends of the floor, scoring 10 points to earn his second straight HAECO
MVP award.
“I had two early fouls so I had to sit the whole second quarter so I just came out with a vengeance and played as hard as I could in the second half,” Moorman said. I’ve won three straight (championships) after transferring from Grimsley and it’s been amazing not losing a Little Four game since then. I’m just very blessed.”
Greensboro Day enters the new year as city champions, but Johnson knows that the start of 2017 means another tough slate of conference games in the PACIS.
“We should be (ready) after this week,” he said. “We’ve played six good teams, two of them were nationally ranked teams. So we feel very good about where we are right now. But tomorrow morning you wake up and it’s a different game.”
Northwest Guilford 2 14 11 9—36
Greensboro Day 14 11 11 18—54
Northwest Guilford (10-2): Tre Turner 4-17 4-10 12; Reggie Davis 4-10 1-3 9; Thomas Hennigan 4-13 1-3 9; Jalen Spicer 1-6 0-0 2; Christian Hampton 1-1 0-0 2; Jacob Davis 1-1 0-0 2; Landon Sutton 0-0 0-0 0; Kyle Sullivan 0-0 0-0 0; Jacob Riddles 0-0 0-0 0; Matt Rakes
0-1 0-0 0; Thomas Smith 0-0 0-0 0; Jacob Leonard 0-0 0-0 0; David Funderburg 0-2 0-0 0.
Totals 15-51 6-16 36.
Greensboro Day (20-1): John Newman 7-11 0-0 16; J.P. Moorman 5-8 0-0 10; Pearce Landry 3-6 0-1 9; Solomon Smith 4-5 0-0 8; Jordan Perkins 2-7 0-0 4; Mike Fowler 1-2 1-1 3; Austin Inge 1-1 0-0 2; Will Dillard 0-4 2-2 2; Alex Michael 0-1 0-0 0; Tristan Perry 0-0 0-0 0; Adam Lovelace 0-0 0-0 0.
Totals 23-45 3-4 54.
3-point goals: Northwest Guilford 0-11 (Tre Turner 0-4; Reggie Davis 0-4; Thomas Hennigan 0-1; Jalen Spicer 0-1; Matt Rakes 0-1),
Greensboro Day School 5-14 (Pearce Landry 3-5; John Newman 2-3; Jordan Perkins 0-2; Will Dillard 0-1; Alex Michael 0-1; J.P. Moorman 0-2).
Rebounds: Northwest Guilford 35 (Tre Turner 9), Greensboro Day School 29 (John Newman 8; J.P. Moorman 8).
Assists: Northwest Guilford 2 (Jalen Spicer 2), Greensboro Day School 15 (Jordan Perkins 5).
Total fouls: Northwest Guilford 12, Greensboro Day School 14.
Technical fouls: Hennigan, Perkins.
