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Kecoughtan, Bethel, Heritage win at HU
HRvarsity.com staff


Bethel's Jontel Evans shoots against Courtland's Dan Young. Photo by Diane Cebula/Daily Press

HAMPTON — With all the hoopla surrounding the 2007-08 Bethel Bruins, one would expect teams to fall down and be walkovers to a potentially power-laden squad. Visiting Courtland obviously didn’t buy into the hype on Wednesday night.
Junior Jontel Evans scored 19 of his game high 20 points in the second half as the Bruins held off a pesky Cougar squad for a 58-50 opening-round victory in the first Ronald Curry Christmas Classic at Hampton University’s Holland Hall.
Bethel’s win advances them to tonight’s game against Deep Creek, which defeated Norview 75-63.
“We are just not as good right now as everyone has made us out to be,” said Bethel coach Craig Brehon.
“Yes, we have additions with the transfers, but until everyone plays more with each other and develop the chemistry needed, we’re not going to be to the level everyone has us at now.”
The visitors from Fredericksburg kept the game at a deliberate tempo throughout the night. Bethel (5-1) jumped out early 11-6 on a 3-point play from senior Paul Meredith with 3:29 left in the first before Courtland’s Luke Sellers scored five points in 11 seconds to tie the game 11-all with 3:10 remaining.
In the second quarter the Cougars used a dunk from Josh Hairston to take their largest lead of the game at 26-21 with 2:24 remaining.
From there, senior Bill Weaver hit a pair of free throws and Meredith drained a pair of 3-pointers to give Bethel a 29-26 advantage at halftime.
“Courtland did an excellent job of spacing the floor and playing the game to their tempo,” Brehon said. “Yes, we did force over 20 turnovers, but we didn’t turn as many into points as we should have.”
In the second half, Evans asserted himself, scoring his first field goal of the night on a floating jumper with 5:33 remaining in the third quarter to give Bethel a 33-28 lead. He followed that with a steal and layup 25 seconds later to jumpstart an 8-2 Bruin spurt. The teams traded buckets the remainder of the third quarter as the Bruins took a 45-36 lead heading into the fourth.
The fourth quarter turned into the Evans-Ever Aguirre show as both players combined to score 17 of the first 19 points of the quarter.
Aguirre scored all 14 of the Cougar points in the quarter starting with eight in a two minute span that cut a Bruin lead to 50-44 with 3:37 remaining.
That was as close as the Cougars got as a pair of Evans jumpers sandwiched by a Weaver layup pushed the lead back to 56-46 and advanced the Bruins to today’s game.

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Wednesday's schedule:

Bracket A
Heritage 66, Lake Taylor 59
Green Run 68, Phoebus 63
Norfolk Collegiate 46, James River-Richmond 39
Hampton 68, Kellam 42

Bracket B
Deep Creek 75, Norview 67
Freedom 69, Oscar Smith 65
Bethel 58, Courtland 50
Kecoughtan 62, Booker T. Washington 60

Thursday's schedule

Bracket A
Heritage vs. Norfolk Collegiate, 2 p.m., Convocation Center
Green Run vs. Kellam-Hampton winner, 4 p.m., Convocation Center
Lake Taylor vs. James River, 6 p.m., Holland Hall
Phoebus vs. Kellam, 8 p.m., Holland Hall.

Bracket B
Deep Creek vs. Bethel, 6 p.m., Convocation Center
Freedom vs. Kecoughtan, 8 p.m., Convocation Center.
Norview vs. Courtland, 2 p.m., Holland Hall
Oscar Smith vs. Booker T. Washington, 4 p.m., Holland Hall.

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BETHEL 58, COURTLAND 50

COURTLAND (3-4): Sellers 12, Aguirre 20, Giggetts 8, Hairston 6, Young 2, Smith 2. Totals 23 1-2 50.
BETHEL (5-1): Oliver 8, Weaver 2, Meredith 15, Lee 13, Evans 20. Totals 23 7-9 58.
Courtland 13;13;10;14;50
Bethel 14;15;16;13;58
3-point goals: Courtland 3 (Sellers 2, Aguirre); Bethel 5 (Meredith 3, Lee 2). Total fouls: Courtland 11, Bethel 7.
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Kecoughtan 62, Booker T. 60
Kecoughtan scored a significant upset to cap the first day of the Ronald Curry Christmas Classic at Hampton University.
The Warriors used Anthony Dorsey's last-second layup to stun Booker T. Washington 62-60 Wednesday night.
Booker T. had taken a 58-55 lead when Deshawn Painter scored five straight points, but the Warriors battled back, taking a 60-59 lead on Ricardo Ratliffe-s 3-point basket with 49 seconds left.
Painter then made one of two free throws to tie the score. Kecoughtan worked the ball down to 4.7 seconds, then took a time out.
With the ball being inbounded from the sideline, Dorsey broke free for a layup.
Ratliffe scored 22 for Kecoughtan. Anthony Dorsey and Xavier Lee each added 16. Booker T.’s Desmond Lee led all scorers with 26.

Kecoughtan 62, Booker T. 60
BOOKER T. WASHINGTON (4-3): Waters 3, Norfleet 2, Painter 8, Madison 1, Spady 12, Cuffee 2, Lee 26, Ware 6. Totals 19 18-30 60..
KECOUGHTAN (5-3): Goard 2, Dorsey 16, Lee 16, Ratliffe 22, Slade 6. Totals 20 17-19 62..
Booker T. 17151315— 60
Kecoughtan 157822— 62

3-point goals — Kecoughtan 5 (Ratliffe 4, Dorsey 1), Booker T. 4 (Waters. Lee 2, Spady.) Total fouls — Kecoughtan 21, Booker T. 17. Fouled out — none.

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Hampton 68, Kellam 42
Hampton trailed much of the first half, then pulled away in the second half to advance to the semifinals.
The Crabbers finally took the lead in the last few seconds of the half, then outscored winless Kellam 26-10 in the third quarter.
Paul Shaw led Hampton with 19 points and Nicholas Chamblee had 18.

Hampton 68, Kellam 42
KELLAM (0-8):Freeman 2, Grumney 5, Crane 2, Brabham 14, Millard 4, Ward 8, Turner 7. Totals 18 3-6 42.
HAMPTON (5-2): Booker 2, Thomas 2, Chamblee 18, Sawyer 9, Shaw 19, Henry 1, Johnson 15, Martinez 2. Totals 24 16-26 68.
Kellam 149109— 42
Hampton 8162818— 68

3-point goals — Kellam 3 (Brabham 2, Grumney). Hampton 4 (Chamblee 4). Total fouls — Hampton 13, Hampton 17. Fouled out — Grumney.



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Deep Creek 75, Norview 67

Marcel Chesson scored 21 points and Corey Law 20 in Deep Creek’s opening-round victory.

The Hornets, tied 27-all after one quarter, outscored Norview 15-6 in the second period.

Malcolm Hawkins led Norview with 25 points.

DEEP CREEK 75, NORVIEW 67
DEEP CREEK (4-1): Chesson 21, Davis 13, Evans 16, Law 20, Mandel 3, Roberts 2. Totals 29 10-15 75.
NORVIEW (1-4): Williams 7, Brown 19, Hawkins 25, Smith 9, Small 2, Few 5. Totals 25 11-16 67.
Deep Creek 27152013 — 75
Norview 2762212 — 67

3-point goals — Deep Creek 7 (Chesson 3, Davis, Law, Mandel, Evans), Norview 6 (Brown, Few, Smith, Hawkins 3). Total fouls — Deep Creek 18, Norview 18. Fouled out — Hawkins.

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Heritage 66, Lake Taylor 59

Heritage won for the seventh time in eight games after breaking out to a 36-19 halftime lead.

Four Hurricanes scored in double figures. Heritage’s Jamar Harris scored 14 points, Lawrence Turner 13, Dimitri Batten 12 and Gene Whitaker 11.

Lake Taylor rallied in the second half but never got closer than the final score.

HERITAGE 66, LAKE TAYLOR 59
LAKE TAYLOR (3-6): Swofford 3, Mitchell 9, McCorrey 8, Mullen 13, Kelly 8, Baker 7, Mwamlima 3, Rogers 8. Totals 21 11-17 59..
HERITAGE (7-1): Stanfield 8, Harris 15, Zastrow 1, Batten 12, Wingfield 4, McKiver 2, Turner 13. Totals 22 20-27 66..
Lake Taylor 6132119 — 59
Heritage 18181713— 66

3-point goals — Lake Taylor 6 (McCorrey, Mullen 3, Rogers 2). Heritage 2 (Whitaker 2)Total fouls — Lake Taylor 24, Heritage 17. Fouled out — Kelly.

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Green Run 68, Phoebus 63
Green Run outscored Phoebus 38-25 in the second half and beat the Phantoms in the quarterfinals.
Phoebus led 23-8 after one quarter, but was outscored 60-40 the rest of the way
Rahmel Glover led the Stallions with 20 points and Joe Jones added 19.
Davis Morens, who had five 3-point goals and Chris Calvan each scored 15 for Phoebus.

Green Run 68, Phoebus 63
GREEN RUN (2-5)): Glover 20, Lee 8, Edwards 10, Cuffee 4, Jones 19, Johnson 4, Towe 1, Gatling 2. Totals 25 12-28 68..
PHOEBUS (2-4): Darden 5, Key 5, Robinson 2, Griffin 3, K. Marshall 6, Ward 2, Morens 15, Evans 10, Calvan 15. Totals 24 6-7 63.
Green Run 8221919— 68
Phoebus 23121315 — 63

3-point goals — Green Run 4 (Glover 4). Phoebus 9 (Calvan, Evans, Morens 5, Darden, Key). Total fouls — Green Run 12, Phoebus 19. Fouled out — none.

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Freedom 69, Oscar Smith 65
Freedom survived Oscar Smith’s fourth-quarter surge. Oscar Smith was down by 3 and had the ball in the final minute, but a three-point shot was short and Freedom’s Joseph Velez clinched the game by making one of two free throws with under 10 seconds left to play.
Velez led Freedom with 19 points, Brandon McLilly had 18 and Saponas Davis added 17.
Marese Phelps scored 17 for Oscar Smith.

FREEDOM 69, OSCAR SMITH 65
FREEDOM: Fears 4, McLilly 18, Velez 19, Young 7, McKiver 4, Davis 17. Totals 26 16-24 69.
OSCAR SMITH (1-4): Watkins 10, Vritt 5, Harrelson 4, Phelps 17, Pulley 14, Roberts 13, Bellamy 2. Totals 26 9-21 65.
Freedom 15161820— 69
Oscar Smith 13171421— 65

3-point goals — Freedom 1 (McLilly). Oscar Smith 4 (Britt, Phillips 2, Roberts). Total fouls — Freedom 16, Oscar Smith 21. Fouled out — none.

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Norfolk Collegiate 46, James River 39
Norfolk Collegiate held James River to a single point in overtime and beat the Rapids in their quarterfinal game.
Collegiate was up 31-24 after three quarters, but James River rallied in the fourth quarter.
Donte Hill led Norfolk Collegiate with 20 points. Keith Wright, who will play at Harvard next year, had 11.

Norfolk Collegiate 46, James River 39
JAMES RIVER: Deichman 14, Thompson 3, Stirrup 10, Gramps 6, Holmes 2, Floyd 4. Totals 14 6-14 39..
NORFOLK COLLEGIATE (6-3): Hitch 2, Borte 2, Schafer 9, Hill 20, Feckler 2, Wright 11. Totals 16 13-23 46..
James River 897141— 39
Norfolk Collegiate 817678— 46

3-point goals — Norfolk Collegiate 1 (Hill); James River 5 (Thompson, Stirrup 2, Gramps 2). Fouled out -- Thompson, Holmes. Team fouls -- Norfolk Collegiate 15, James River 20.

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Scores after the third quarter from the fourth set of games:
Booker T. Washington 45, Kecoughtan 40
Hampton 50, Kellam 33

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What Are The Ticket Prices For The Ron Curry Classic?

[CoachA10]

$7 for adults, $5 for students. Good for all day, all games. You can buy a tournament pass for $21.