By Charles Curcio, Sports Editor
SNAP
Wednesday, February 6, 2013 —
In YVC basketball games Monday, Albemarle split in their home games with West Montgomery.
Boys
Albemarle 76
West Montgomery 60
The Albemarle varsity boys’ got a big night from senior Deon Christian in a 76-60 home win over West Montgomery.
Christian led the ‘Dogs (14-2, 10-2 YVC) with 26 points on 11-of-16 shooting , adding five rebounds.
Albemarle head coach Al Andrew said that Christian “was active defensively and [West] could not stop him on the offensive side.”
WM 15 10 18 17 60
A 26 14 19 17 76
WM – Drake 15, Marshall 11, McKenzie 9, Nicholson 9, Absher 8, Cole-Awong 5, Sims 3.
A – Deon Christian 26, Terrace Ellis 11, Ridenhour 9, Williams 8, R. Baldwin 7, Autry 5, Dumas 3, Blanton 2, Brown 2, Currie 2, Nivens 1.
Girls
West Montgomery 51
Albemarle 45
The Albemarle girls fell to 5-12 overall and 3-9 in the YVC with a six-point loss at home to the Warriors. Akela Branch led the Bulldogs with 16 points and 16 rebounds, three blocks and three steals.
WM 11 12 12 16 51
A 11 5 12 17 45
WM – Danasia Dumas 26, Latoya Cuthrell 12, Lindsey 4, Diggs 3, Burchette 2, Covington 2, Morris 2.
A – Akela Branch 16, McLendon 9, Currie 8, Hudson 6, Williams 3, Bruton 2, Bowman 1.
