SALISBURY POST
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 16, 2011 • 3B
PREP BASKETBALL
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North Rowan’s leader Andrew Mitchell stands in front of his players during a timeout in Tuesday night’s victory against Chatham Central.
NORTH BOYS FROM 1B but just in short stints. Mitchell subbed in his second team every four minutes. That group included Michael Connor, an active freshman who zipped up and down the court for 15 points. “I don’t want to call him a freshman now,” smiled Mitchell. “When he hits the floor, it’s all about business. He loves the game.” Connor scored on 3-pointers, drives to the basket, layups off steals and buckets off rebounds. North’s diaper dandy impressed Slaughter. “He can play,” he said. “But when you’ve got (Sam) Starks and Hargrave, you don’t have to be the man.” Starks, playing sparingly, still scored 19 points. Hargrave scored only seven but grabbed 12 rebounds in his limited minutes. Ford also had seven points and blocked six shots. “I told (the starters), ‘I’m sure you feel good and want to play more than these four minutes,’ ” Mitchell said. ‘But jon c. lakey/SALISBURY POST we’re not looking at tonight. North Rowan freshman Michael Connor scored 15 points We’re preparing for Thursday and Friday so we’re not against Chatham Central.
burned out.’ ” That was fine with the subs. In the second quarter, Terrese Barber scored five straight points and a Connor layup made it 43-13 just before halftime. “All year, that’s been a pretty good unit,” Mitchell said. “They’ll play hard and generate some defensive opportunities for us.” The lead stayed around 30 points the rest of the way. The largest margin came after Ford, Hargrave and Starks scored to open the fourth quarter for a 64-27 advantage. Now it’s on to South Davidson for a semifinal tilt Thursday with third-seeded West Montgomery, which handed North a 20-point whipping earlier in the year. “We have to motivate and do a whole lot for that game,” Mitchell said. • NOTE: The YVC finals are Friday at South Davidson. CHATHAM CENTRAL (38) — Headen 8, Degraffenreid 8, Edwards 7, Burke 7, Cheek 4, Purvis 2, Fewell 2. NORTH ROWAN (70) — Starks 19, Connor 15, T. Bates 9, Ford 7, Hargrave 7, Barber 5, A. Ford 4, Bowman 2, Givens 2, Kimber. jon c. lakey/SALISBURY POST
C. Central 9 7 N. Rowan 21 22
11 15
11 — 38 12 — 70
Terrese Barber goes toward the basket during North Rowan’s easy win. Barber scored five points.
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Sam Starks (10) is sandwiched between Chatham Central defenders.
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North sophomore T.J. Bates knocked down three 3-pointers Tuesday night.