12/28/17
(Photo Courtesy of The John Wall)
Last night against Garner, Trinity Christian forward and Duke commit, Joey Baker took a hard fall early in the first half. Baker would only score 13 a night ago in Trinity Christian's 81-67 loss to Garner in both teams David West Bracket opener. So therefore, Trinity fell to the Consolation bracket where they met Greene Central, who lost 66-60 to Christ School on Wednesday.
The Duke commit finished with 13 today as Trinity Christian (7-4) downed Greene Central, 66-49. Not only did Baker finish with 14, Greg Gantt scored a team high, 19 points and grabbed three rebounds. Also, Gantt got in Greene Central's passing lanes and he caused three steals. Au'duiese Toney also finished in double-figures as he had 15, 10 of those came in the first half. Speaking of scoring, the second quarter was huge for the Crusaders as they outscored the Rams of Greene Central by nine, 18-9, in that quarter. That put Trinity up 31-21 at the half and the Crusaders wouldn't look back as they would also outscore Greene Central in the second half, 35-28 propelling them to victory.
Baker showed no sign of injury. Last night, Jeff Capel came and watched the junior on Wednesday and once again this afternoon, Duke coaches sat in attendance to look on the future Blue Devil. What they saw, a very athletic Baker who showed off his ball handling ability as he took on three Ram defenders, including 6'7" forward Imajae Dodd for a nice finish. In the fourth, Baker took one behind his head and threw it down with 6:21 to play in the ballgame. Like Baker, Gantt also had a couple of eye opening dunks of his own that brought the fans to their feet inside the Holliday Gymnasium.
Greene Central just did not come out with the same intensity today against Greene Central like they did a day ago against Christ School. But Imajae Dodd picked up where he left off yesterday (he had 16 then) because today, the junior finished with a Greene Central high, 15 points. Also contributing for Coach Harris' Rams were Donte Johnson and Torrence Clark. Johnson scored 13 while Clark added 12.
In the Rams post game press conference, Harris got emotional as he spoke very highly of his young men and even with the two losses, he has still be very pleased in their efforts over the past two days. Again, this is Greene Central's first Holiday Invitational appearance and they have indeed proved they are more than just "some 2A school out of Snow Hill".
Coach Harris and Greene Central will have one last chance to impress those in "the 919" as they will meet Julian Newman and Downey Christian School on Friday morning at 10:30. That game will be for seventh place in the David West Bracket. Trinity Christian will meet Kinston, who downed Downey Christian School 56-43 Thursday morning, on Friday at 12:00 in the David West Bracket fifth place game.
In the Rams post game press conference, Harris got emotional as he spoke very highly of his young men and even with the two losses, he has still be very pleased in their efforts over the past two days. Again, this is Greene Central's first Holiday Invitational appearance and they have indeed proved they are more than just "some 2A school out of Snow Hill".
Coach Harris and Greene Central will have one last chance to impress those in "the 919" as they will meet Julian Newman and Downey Christian School on Friday morning at 10:30. That game will be for seventh place in the David West Bracket. Trinity Christian will meet Kinston, who downed Downey Christian School 56-43 Thursday morning, on Friday at 12:00 in the David West Bracket fifth place game.
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