Tournament roundup

Published in Sports on December 31, 2004 1:55 PM

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LAGRANGE -- The South Lenoir girls' basketball team knew they were a better team than the one that lost to Eastern Wayne, 42-40, in the first round of The Free Press Holiday Invitational on Wednesday.

In Thursday's 59-33 whipping of Spring Creek in the third-place game of the Invitational at North Lenoir High School, the Blue Devils showed exactly how good they really can be.

South Lenoir (5-4) jumped out to a 21-0 lead in the first quarter and never looked back as the Blue Devils rolled to the win.

The Devils put on an impressive inside-outside offensive clinic with 6-foot 4-inch sophomore center Kendra Pryor and senior point forward Nicole Corn. The pair had 15 points each, with Corn burying three, 3-pointers and Pryor dominating the paint.

Corn, who injured her back during volleyball season, didn't sleep Wednesday night because of the intense pain. But she shook off the pain Thursday to lead the Devils to the victory.

The Gators (2-9) were led by Troia Morgan's 13 points and Brittany Billups' 10.

EASTERN WAYNE BOYS 65,

SPRING CREEK 61:

The Warriors (4-6) overcame 13 3-pointers from the Gators (7-3) to take third-place in the Invitational.

The Warriors' Chris Campbell led all scorers with 24 points, while teammate Justin Richardson added 19.

Spring Creek, which shot 13-for-27 (48.1 percent) from behind the 3-point line, but only 8-for-30 (26.7 percent) in front of it, was led by Josh Bishop with 20 points. Dalreese Bell and Chris Wright had 14 points each for the Gators.

Third-place girls

South Lenoir 59, Spring Creek 33

Spring Creek 1 9 10 13 -- 33

South Lenoir 21 12 10 16 -- 59

Spring Creek

Parks 2, Pride 5, Sauter 1, Brittany Billups 10, Troia Morgan 13, Whitfield 2.

South Lenoir

Quinn 2, King 4, Herring 8, Nicole Corn 15, Graham 2, Kari Ham 10, Pollock 3, Kendra Pryor 15.

Third-place boys

Spring Creek 11 27 7 16 -- 61

Eastern Wayne 25 18 16 6 -- 65

Spring Creek

J. Bell 4, Josh Bishop 20, Dalreese Bell 14, King 5, Chris Wright 14, J. Wright 4.

Eastern Wayne

Justin Richardson 19, Kendrick 7, Downes 1, Givens 8, Chris Campbell 24, Ward 6.

Saints bounce back

JACKSONVILLE -- Southern Wayne's Justin Bellamy recorded a season-high 17 points as the Saints defeated Class 3-A Eastern Carolina Conference foe West Craven 88-61 in their final game at the White Oak Christmas Tournament.

Southern Wayne exited 1-2 in tourney play and is now 7-5 overall.

Antonio Davis added 16 points for the Saints, while Delawn Armwood and Akeem Royal chipped in 10 points each.

The Saints travel to New Hope to face Eastern Wayne on Tuesday.

West Craven 12 13 10 26 -- 61

Southern Wayne 14 24 26 24 -- 88

WEST CRAVEN

M. Cutherbertson 6, A. Cuthbertson 9, Clark 9, Tony Jones 13, Spears 8, Warren 3, Wetherington 2, Duff 2, Shepherd 2, Cox 4.

SOUTHERN WAYNE

Rico Whitfield 4, Delawn Armwood 10, Derek Garris 7, Antonio Davis 16, Akeem Royal 10, Alex Brailsford 5, Jai Maye 3, Montrel Vick 7, Justin Bellamy 17, Austin Hood 7, Derrick Lathan 2.

Bulldogs top

Creswell

ROBERSONVILLE -- Princeton's Karter Yutzy tallied a double-double with 31 points and 10 rebounds as the Bulldogs defeated Creswell in the consolation game of the Roanoke Christmas Tournament on Thursday.

Yutzy was named to the all-tournament team.

Brandon Pate added 13 points and seven rebounds for the Bulldogs (7-4), who return to action on Wednesday at North Duplin.

Princeton 16 8 23 16 -- 63

Creswell 11 8 13 17 -- 49

PRINCETON

Karter Yutzy 31, Brandon Pate 13, Josh Thompson 7, Deandre Dublin 6, Phillip Croom 3, Patrick Bunch 3.

CRESWELL

Saunders 15, Brown 12, Nevers 8, Davis 7, Pritchard 3, Scruggs 2, Lassiter 2.