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The Garner Trojans began their quest to win back to back conference Championships for the first time since 1996, 1997 and 1998 when the Trojans won three stright conference titles. However, Garner (2-4) had their hands full as the welcomed in the West Johnston Wildcats to Garner for the Conference opener.
West Johnston was the last GNRC team to bead Garner as they downed the Trojans in the semi-finals of last years conference tournament, however, tonight would very different than the previous meeting as Garner jumped out to a fast start in the first quarter just dominating the Wildcats with their quickness and transition game as they took at 24-8 lead after the first quarter.
Garner would contiune their hot play as they opened the lead to 20 points at halftime with at 47-27 lead led in the first half by Stephon Drane who had 10 first half points to lead all scores at the break. The second half was more of the same as Garner continued to pour on the pressure and put away West Johnston with at 88-63 win to improve to 2-4 overall and 1-0 inside the Conference.
The biggest key to the game was free throw shooting as Garner went 14 of 25 from the line while West Johnston was just 6 of 22 from the Charity stripe. The Trojans will now travel to Clayton on Tuesday night for a 7:30 tip off.
Varsity Girls Pick up Win
In their previous two games, the Lady Trojans lacked the on the court expereince that they needed to come away with a win, however, on Friday night, the Lady Trojans were finally the more experiecned team on the court as they dominated West Johnston 54-42.
While Garner won by 12 points, the final score was not indiciative of just how dominate Garner was in the contest. West Johnston cut the lead to 10 points midway through the fourth quarter, but the Lady Trojans played smart down the stretch and sank some key free throws to win the contest by 12.
The Lady Trojans will also travel to Clayton on Tuesday at 6:00
JV Boys Pick Up Win in First Conference GameJuwan Moye scores 17 points to pace the Trojans as they down the Wildcats 76-56 in the conference opener for both teams. Garner used a balanced scoring effort as they defeat West Johnston. The Trojans are back in action Tuesday night as they host Clayton at 7:30.
Scoring:
GARNER
Juwan Moye: 17 pts
Jarie Hicks: 14 pts, 3-5 3pts, 6 asst, 7 stls, 4 reb
Luke Thompson: 12 pts, 4-6 3pts
Cameron Redd: 12 pts 9 reb 2 stls
Dominique Reed: 11 pts 5 blks
