Corinth Holders and Princeton split Varisty doubleheader
11/28/17
By: Zack Adams
Corinth Holders (4A) took the 35 minute bus ride to 1A county foe, Princeton Tuesday night. Both Princeton varsity squads were coming off losses at home to Midway Monday night. Corinth Holders varisty squads each came in at 0-2 but with the split, one of the teams in purple and gold stepped off the court at Deacon Jones Gymnasium the victory.
Corinth Holders @ Princeton GBB:
Corinth Holders (1-2) picked up their first varisty win of the season Tuesday, 44-28, over Princeton (2-3). Junior guard Mikalya Thompson scorched the Bulldog defense in the first half scoring 14 points, including a personal 8-0 run late in the second quarter. She finished with 14 while adding four rebounds and 3 assist. Freshman Crawford Ramsey chimmed in on scoring, finishing with 10 points to go along with six rebounds. The Pirates pulled away in the third quarter after only being up 7 at the half (26-19) by Pirates guard Deonna Adams scoring all of her six points in this frame and by outscoring Princeton 11-4. For Princeton, senior Emily Ricks hit double figures as she scored 10 and grabbed five rebounds. A "moral victory" for Coach Wooten's Bulldogs had to be out rebounding the bigger and taller Pirates, winning that rebound battle 28-26. The two teams will square off December 6th in Wendell as Princeton will look to avenge this 16 point defeat and will look to find a way to shut down the Pirates' runs, which they went on three 6+ point runs, next Wednesday when the two meet again.
Corinth Holders @ Princeton BBB:
Big Sean said it best. "Last night took an L, but tonight I bounce back." After falling 75-64 Monday to Midway, that had to be the motto for Ryan Woodard and the Princeton Bulldogs (2-3). Tonight, Princeton downed Corinth Holders (0-3), 58-55. Ryan Woodard finished with a double-double for the Bulldogs, having 20 points to go along with 11 rebounds. Not only did Woodard do it from the floor, he shot a perfect 5/5 from the foul line and he came up clutch by scoring 9/20 in the fourth. Woodard would get help. Princeton started slow as 10 of their first 15 points (shot 20/30 on the night from the charity stripe) came from the foul line but both Lamarr Wilkins and Garrett Klein would add 11 each to the scoring. Klein drained two big threes in the third which would prove to be huge down the stretch. Warren Ramsey led the Pirates in scoring for the third straight game, this time scoring 16 points on three made threes. Ramsey now averages 17.6 a game on the season. Freshman Sam Tilton did add a spark off the bench for Coach Davis and the Pirates. Tilton scored 12 points total in the ballgame, 10 of which coming in the second quarter on 2/3 shooting from three point range. Speaking of three point range, like the saying goes, "you can either live or die by the three." and for the Pirates tonight, they died by the three. Corinth Holders shot 27% from three point distance on the evening (9/33) and the final shot (see link below) was the tell all story from how the night went shooting for the guys in black and purple. Very frustrating night for the Pirates but like Princeton did Tuesday, Corinth Holders will have a chance to bounce back and down a rival for their first win of the season later this week.
Speaking of future opponents, Princeton has another home game Friday with a varsity double header against rival, North Johnston. Corinth Holders will be back in action on the road Friday with a Quad at Clayton. Varsity Girls are scheduled to tip off at 6:30 and Varsity Boys to follow at 8:00 but with Quad's, you just never know. Full coverage of that one will be coming Friday on both my Twitter (@xzadamsx) where I'll be live tweeting stats and updates and following the varisty games, another story on this blog. Thanks for reading!
LINK TO FINAL SHOT OF BOYS GAME:
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