posted December 12, 2002
) Photo by John Wilson Nick Rivers comes out after scoring 18. Click to enlarge. |
Hixson held Central to just two points in the third quarter en route to a 47-26 win.
"We played great defensively. Our defensive intensity was very high," Hixson Coach Bill Eller said.
He said, "Central has a very quick team. To hold such a quick and athletic team to this low a score was very big."
Coach Eller said the home court factor helped. "We don't want to lose at home," he said.
He said, "We knew Central was a touch team - coming in 6-0. We knew they had played some good teams too."
Hixson improves to 8-3, including 2-1 in the district.
The Wildcats were led by Nick Rivers, who scored 18, including a long 3 as Hixson ran off 11 straight points at the start of the second half. That padded their lead to 34-15 after leading 23-15 at halftime. They were up 18-9 at the end of the quarter.
Central did not score in the third quarter until Dominique Jones finally canned a basket at the 2:50 mark.
Ryan Merriman was held to just two points, and Lewis Jones managed 5. Matt Wilhoite had 6, including a 3 near the end.
Allen Green had 9 for Hixson and Curtis Scott 8. Greg Porter added 4 and J.P. Percy 2.
In the girls' game, Central showed signs of ending a long losing streak. But Hixson prevailed 36-32.
It was the first win of the season for Hixson.
Tara Roberts had 9 and Karmesha Cheeks 8. Other Hixson scoring included Sheena Ellis 5, Erica Coppinger and Heather Dills 4 each and Leslie Johnson, Nicole Rivers and Heather Rylander 2 each.
Barbara Holland scored 11 for Central, while Kristen Wickert added 7. Katie Johnson and Ragan Elliott had 5 each and Stacy Richardson and Marletta Jones 2 each.
) Photo by John Wilson Wildcat timeout |
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