Dec 29, 2007
| West Henderson's Tricia Combs looks for help while being guarded by North Buncombe's Rebekah Wilson and Madison Emory during Friday's game at West. MIKE DIRKS/TIMES-NEWS |  |
By Jeremy Darnell
Times-News Staff Writer
Though several former Falcon standouts were on hand to watch -- Sam Smithson, Lindsey Pate and Brooke Stanley, to name a few -- West Henderson dropped a pair of games to North Buncombe in Friday's final day of the West Henderson Christmas Tournament Doubleheader at West.The Lady Falcons (2-9) came up just short in a 48-46 loss to the Lady Black Hawks (10-3)."I was impressed with my girls for the way they fought back," said West coach Stephanie Scott-Gaddy, whose squad trailed 16-7 after the first period but pulled within two at the half. "Even when North Buncombe went up by five late in the game we didn't stop fighting."Freshman Ashley Rogers led the West attack with 15 points. Tricia Combs finished with five points and six assists.The Lady Falcons held a 33-32 advantage heading into the fourth quarter but the Lady Hawks outscored West 16-13 across the final eight minutes.North was able to get to the charity stripe much more often than the Lady Falcons, sinking 15 of their 22 attempts. West only attempted nine free throws, making six."I am seeing improvement from this team and I believe that we will see more of these tough games as we head into conference," Scott-Gaddy said.Senior Shana Brookshire scored a game-high 18 points for North.West's boys lost their game with North 81-61, and may have lost their heart and soul, senior guard Zach Corliss, for the foreseeable future.Corliss went down with a left ankle sprain in the second quarter and did not return. Corliss had problems with his other ankle earlier in the season.West coach Rob Bliss said he expects Corliss to be day to day for the remainder of the season.The Black Hawks got off to a fast start and held a 27-13 lead with five minutes left in the half before West answered with a 10-2 run over the next three minutes to cut the lead to six.North answered with a 12-0 spurt to end the half. The run occurred after Corliss' injury and key contributor Dallas Ducote picked up his third foul and was forced to the bench."We put some of our young kids in a position there due to Zach's injury and other stuff and that was a tough situation to be in," Bliss said when asked about the run. "Our other seniors have got to be able to provide us with more leadership. We just kind of folded tonight."West's Buddy Hutchinson's three-point play cut the Hawks' lead to 15 with 6:21 remaining in the third, but the Falcons never got any closer.West committed an eye-popping 40 turnovers in the sloppy loss."We work on that every day. We constantly harp on the turnover issue and until we stop panicking it's gonna continue to be a struggle every day," Bliss said.The Falcons fall to 6-6 while North improves to 12-1.In the middle game, the Smoky Mountain Mustangs kept their unbeaten record intact with a 78-46 blowout of Carolina Day. The Mustangs outscored the Wildcats 44-21 in the second half and improve to 11-0.West was slated to return to action on Jan. 9 against Enka. A scheduling conflict may force the game to be rescheduled, Bliss said.SummariesBOYS
NORTH BUNCOMBE (81) -- Ledbetter 23, MacDonald 13, Pressley 10, Westbrook 10, Roberson 7, Magee 4, Fox 4, West 4, Young 4, Robinson 2, Ingle.WEST (61) -- Thomas 13, Ducote 11, Barbour 7, Corliss 6, James 6, Staggs 6, Troutman 4, Hyatt 4, Hutchinson 3, Isgett 2, Roberts, Thelen.Halftime: NB, 41-23.GIRLS
NB (48) -- Brookshire 18, Wilson 8, Gentry 7, Cook 6, Pitts 4, Emory 3, Moore, Fox, Revis.WEST (46) -- Rogers 15, Cantrell 7, Dinardo 6, Combs 5, Brown 5, Fennell 5, Turlington 3, Kremer, Foster, Springer.
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