Carvers Bay boys top Latta
Last Updated on 5/30/2012
Published on 2/7/2012
By Chris Sokoloski
csokoloski@gtowntimes.com
Carvers Bay's boys basketball team beat Latta 78-51 last week..
The Bears took a 19-10 lead at the end of the first quarter and extended it to 37-24 at the half and 59-35 at the end of the third.
"Our effort was there defensively," Carvers Bay coach Jeff Mezzatesta said. "If we play with effort we're not bad."
Both teams used a high-tempo, physical style of play. Carvers Bay's Stephon Hannah missed the second half after taking an elbow to the face. No foul was called on the play.
"This game was intense; all games are intense," Mezzatesta said. "Everybody's out to beat us. That's a testament to the program that these kids have built."
Teondre Bromell led Carvers Bay with 19 points.
"We go out and play hard," Bromell said. "If we play as one nobody can hang with us."
Da'Shawn Aiken had 18 points for the Bears, Shayton Durand had 12, Walter Linnen had eight, Rayshod Pittman and Leshon Morris had six each, and Keon Harvey had four.
Carvers Bay was coming off a 73-28 thrashing of Lake View last week.
The Bears outscored the Wild Gators 38-22 in the first half and 35-6 in the second half.
Bromell led Carvers Bay with 22 points. Pittman had 15 points and Aiken had 14.
"It's that time of the season when every game matters," Mezzatesta said.
Bromell was named one of the Coastal Basketball Coaches Association's "Fabulous Five" for the week of Jan. 23.
Around the county
Waccamaw picked up an easy 78-39 win over Loris last week.
Dejan Frasier had a career-high 33 points to lead the Warriors.
A.J. Grant had 16 points and three steals, Noah Gulley had 18 points and five assists, Blake Dwyer had two points and five assists, and Taylor King had four points and eight rebounds.
The Warriors were coming off a 70-38 loss to Mullins on Friday night.
After winning its first region game of the season against Socaste, Georgetown lost 59-45 to St. James last week.
"I thought we were ready to turn the corner on the season, but had a big setback with Tuesday's loss," Georgetown coach Alvin Walker said. "I thought we truly had a chance against St. James, a team that only beat us by one point at their place. It seems like they were playing with a little more confidence than us."
Justin Wright had 18 points to lead the Bulldogs against St. James. A.J. Walker had nine points, eight rebounds and six assists; Tevin Johnson and Marquise Besselieu had six points each; and Charlie McGirt had four points and eight rebounds.
In the 53-41 win over Socastee, Johnson had 17 points, seven rebounds and five assists, Besselieu had eight points; Anthony Blair, Dae Quan Gibson and Aiswan Gibson had six points each; and Wright had five points.
Andrews lost 66-56 to Timberland last week.
Harold Langley led the Yellow Jackets with 22 points. Rodquel Davis had nine points and eight rebounds, Ervin Heard had seven points, Monte McCrea had six points, Travis Collins had six points and five rebounds, and Neal Pope had eight rebounds.
Andrews was coming off a 65-59 loss to Kingstree.
Langley led the Yellow Jackets with 23 points. McCrea had 11 points and three rebounds, Collins had 10 points, 12 rebounds and three steals, and Davis had nine points and six rebounds.
Langley was named one of the Coastal Basketball Coaches Association's "Fabulous Five" for the week of Jan. 23.
Lowcountry Prep lost to Coastal Christian, the No. 1 team in the state in SCISA, last week.
The Fighting Marlins were down 22-4 after the first quarter and 39-19 at the half.
"I tried to instill some confidence in them at halftime, showing them we can play with this team when we put our hearts into it," Bombich said.
Lowcountry Prep went on a 9-0 run to cut the lead in the third quarter, but Coastal Christian dominated most of the quarter to take a 61-25 lead into the fourth.
"Again we lack the confidence and just don't believe we can win," Bombich said. "I haven't found a way to instill confidence in these guys."
Gardner had 13 points and five assists and Teems had 11 points and eight rebounds.
Lowcountry Prep was coming off losses to James Island and Christian Academy of Myrtle Beach.
James Island jumped out to a 17-3 lead, but Lowcountry Prep scored the next seven to cut the lead to 17-10. The Fighting Marlins were only down 19-17 with three minutes left in the half, by the Lions scored 13 unanswered points to lead 32-17 at the half.
The second half belonged to James Island. Lowcountry Prep never cut the lead to less than nine points.
"We started taking quick shots and lots of chances on defense to try and get back in the game but we are just too inexperienced of a team," Lowcountry Prep coach Jeff Bombich said. "Our team just doesn't believe we can win and that has hurt us all season."
Unique Gardner led the Fighting Marlins with 12 points. Tristan Teems had 11 points and 10 rebounds and Thomas DesChamps grabbed 10 rebounds.
Against Christian Academy, Lowcountry Prep was "never in the game," Bombich said.
"[The Saints] played with a ton of confidence and we went into the game believing we were going to get blown out. We were never mentally in the game."
DesChamps led the Fighting Marlins with seven points. Teems had six points and eight rebounds, and Gardner had six points.
