By: Zack Adams
1/9/18
WENDELL -- Wake Forest (8-5, 1-0 NAC-6) opened NAC-6 play with a bang as they hit the road and picked up a victory over Corinth Holders (4-10, 0-1 NAC-6), 64-49.
It all came down to the second half for Wake Forest coach Todd Seymour and his Cougars. They started the third quarter on a 20-6 run, which had them up 42-29 with three to play in the quarter. This second half outburst of points normally takes place on the football field but tonight, it was led by one of Reggie Lucas' men and that being senior forward, John Jiles. Jiles did not score in the opening 16 minutes but finished with 17 points and seven rebounds. Nine of Jiles' 17 came in the third quarter. Darrius Everett shot 3/7 from three on the way to his 13 point night. Like Jiles, a majority of his 13 came in the third as he had seven out of intermission. Quandre Bullock also finished in double figures as he had 12.
I keep mentioning the Wake Forest football team. They are the 4AA State Champions after all. Well, the basketball team is also pretty athletic in their own right. In the first half, John Jiles just barely missed a left handed tomahawk poster slam, which would have set the fans in Wendell into a craze. In his nine point third, Jiles threw one down with 2:55 to go which brought the Purple Haze, the Corinth Holders Student Section to their feet; and Jiles plays for Wake Forest. The future Marshall Thundering Herd wide out just continues to show off how athletically gifted he is with these "whack" throw downs he's put on over the nine games he's played in. That was not all of the dunking for the Cougars, though. Darrius Everett threw an alley to a flying Quandre Bullock with two minutes to play in the game in what was really the icing on the cake for this one.
The Pirates led by one, 23-22, at the half. As previously stated, that lead came crumbling down as Wake Forest would outscore the Pirates by 16 in the second half, 42-26. In many games this season for Corinth, the game has been either won or lost coming out of the locker room. Definitely not the way Coach Davis and the Pirates wanted to start conference play. Cameron Walden led the home men with 15 points and six rebounds. The junior shot 7/13 from the foul line as he got the Cougar bigs, especially Jiles, in foul trouble early. Guilford College commit, Warren Ramsey added 11 to go along with four boards and three dimes.
With Jiles exploding for 17 in the post, the Pirates needed their bigs to step up and put points on the board. Junior Tyler Wooten and seniors Sam Carlson and Lavelle Gilchrist are the three bigs that rotate around in Corinth Holders' system. Between the three, they only combined for five points. Three of those were a triple in the final minute from Wooten.
Wake Forest outscored Corinth Holders in the post (forwards), 28-5. Not only did the Cougars outscore the Pirates 24-10 in the third to pull away to win this one, but when you get outscored by 23 points in the post, it will be hard to win basketball games not only for Corinth Holders but any team.
Wake Forest will host #11 Knightdale tomorrow night at 8:00. Knightdale fell Tuesday to #21 Rolesville, 74-61. Speaking of Rolesville, Corinth Holders will travel to Rolesville to meet the Rams Wednesday at 8:00 as well. Ricky Clemons scored 35 points for the Rams in their 13 point victory Tuesday night.
*Wake Forest Girls won the varsity opener, 53-31... no stats were provided from that one but just know, the Lady Cougars' Jada Miller lit it up from three*
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