Country Day routs Good Hope in varsity hoops
Published: February 23, 2012
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When the Country Day School boys basketball team gets hot, not many teams can match its scoring output.
For the second time this season, the Tigers broke the 90-point mark, and the scoring flourish propelled them to a 95-58 victory over host Good Hope in St. Croix IAA varsity action Wednesday.
Junior forward Jordan Evans led the way with 27 points and 12 rebounds for Country Day while Eliji Mondesir dished out 12 assists.
"This team has the ability to score, and once we get hot, it's hard for people to stop us," Tigers coach Lenny Redwine said. "We just have to get hot against the public schools. We've had a few close ones."
Central High leads the St. Croix IAA varsity standings, with the Tigers and Educational Complex tied for second. The regular season is scheduled to end Feb. 29, followed by playoff games.
Center Marcus Moorehead finished with 15 points and pulled down a team-high 19 rebounds for Country Day while Chandler Blashka converted four 3-pointers in one quarter before he left the game in the third with an ankle injury.
The Tigers will be back in action Monday when they visit Manor School. Country Day still has a game with Central to make up before the playoffs begin, Redwine said.
Central rolls past Manor School, 85-27
Three days after dropping an overtime loss in the championship of its own tournament, the Central High School boys basketball team took the court again and rolled past visiting Manor School, 85-27, in a St. Croix IAA varsity game Wednesday.
Freshman guard Bobby Sanes paced the Caribs' balanced scoring attack.
"This was the first game since our tournament and I was happy with how we performed," Central coach Donald Bough said. "We have some other guys who I'm hoping to see more from. We were a little conservative in the championship game but now we're starting our home stretch in the season."
In the finals on Sunday night, the Caribs dropped a 54-50 nail-biter to Ponce Vocational School out of Puerto Rico.
Central is scheduled to visit Good Hope on Friday while Manor will host Complex.
St. Thomas Private Schools Combined team tops Antilles in overtime
Senior forward Dornel Weaver finished with over 20 points and led the Antilles School boys basketball team in scoring but the host Hurricanes fell to the St. Thomas Private Schools Combined team in overtime, 46-42, in a St. Thomas-St. John IAA varsity game Wednesday.
"This was the first overtime game for us and it was back and forth," Antilles coach George Tipton said. "We didn't play well. Not to take anything away from the other team but we just couldn't hit our shots."
The Hurricanes tied the game with two seconds left in regulation to force overtime, Tipton said. Scoring information for the combined team - All Saints, Ss. Peter and Paul, and Seventh-Day Adventist - was not available.
- Contact sports writer Aaron Gray at 714-9102 or email agray@dailynews.vi.
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