By Charles Curcio, Sports Editor
Sunday, February 7, 2010 — The basketball teams of North Stanly split their Rocky River Conference twinbill Friday night at Forest Hills.
North Stanly 74
Forest Hills 50
The North girls earned their fifth straight win to stay a half-game behind Berry Academy in the standings.
Tyana Bryant and Holli Chandler each scored 17 points to lead the Comets (19-2, 11-2 RRC).
Chandler nearly missed a double-double with nine assist while Bryant added five steals to her point total.
Symphonie Richardson also just missed a double-double night for North with 12 points and nine rebounds.
Kinya Adams did get a double-double Friday night for Forest Hills (7-13, 6-8) with 22 points and 12 rebounds.
North outrebounded the Jackets 28-22 and had 20 steals as well as eight made three-pointers, with Chandler leading the way with three makes.
Forest Hills rallied from an eight-point deficit to take a two-point halftime lead 31-29, but North adjusted their pressure in the second half and the Comets outscored the Jackets 45-19.
“We turned the ball over and made bad decisions in the second quarter. We got some turnovers in the second half and shot much better, cutting down on our own turnovers. Forest Hills is much improved and very athletic,” North Stanly head coach Greg Speight said.
North Stanly will travel to West Stanly on Monday night and then host two games Tuesday (Union Academy) and Friday (Cuthbertson).
NS 21 8 15 30 74
FH 13 18 10 9 50
NS - Tyana Bryant 17, Holli Chandler 17, Symphonie Richardson 12, Burleson 8, Stallings 8, Deeck 6, Turner 4, Speight 2.
FH - Kinya Adams 22, Venisha Blount 11, Coley 5, Gaddy 5, Thomas 5, Kirkland 2.
Forest Hills 62
North Stanly 53
The home-standing Yellow Jackets got out to a fast start and went on to a nine-point win over North Stanly.
Chris Edwards led the Comets (8-13, 2-11 RRC) with 16 points and nine rebounds. Alex Russell added 12 points, five assists and three blocks for North.
Brandon Glenn had a big night for Forest Hills (12-9, 10-4) leading the Jackets and all scorers with 22 points.
Dre Huntley flirted with a triple-double as the Jackets’ point guard had 10 points, eight assists and seven steals.
NS 15 13 13 12 53
FH 23 15 12 12 62
NS - Chris Edwards 16, Alex Russell 12, Ritzheimer 9, Wallace 6, Fesperman 5, Sellers 3, Kolk 2.
FH - Brandon Glenn 22, Markell Lotharp 12, Dre Huntley 10, Allen 5, Goodrum 5, Poag 4, Robinson 2, Wilson 2.
Editor’s note: Thanks to Matt Abrigg at unioncounty hoops.com for contributing to this article.
