Pioneers edge Moore County
The Pioneer basketball team held on to pick up a narrow victory Tuesday night, downing Moore County 53-50 in a Hall of Fame game at Lynchburg.
Carrying a double-digit lead into the game’s final quarter, WCHS managed just one field goal over the last eight minutes of Tuesday’s contest. But nine free throws out of 14 attempts in the period helped the Pioneers escape with the three-point win.
In a physical contest which featured 41 free-throw attempts, the Pioneers came out strong, opening up a 17-8 lead by the end of the first quarter thanks largely to seven first-period points from post Brandon Adcock.
The Raiders bounced back by halftime, however, and threw 17 points of their own on the board in the second period, to carry a slip 25-23 edge into intermission.
Momentum swung back onto the Pioneers’ side of the court in the third, with Andy Harrell posting eight points in the period to help WCHS regain control and take a 41-31 lead by the period’s end.
Brooks Majors’ 3-pointer accounted for the team’s only field goal in the fourth, however, while Moore County got six points from Jesse Wey and four each from Tyler Jean and Shane Worthey. Time ran out on the Raider rally, however, as they were forced to send the Pioneers to the line in an attempt to conserve the clock.
Majors finished with 13 points to lead the way for the Pioneers, who took on Cannon County Thursday night in their second and final Hall of Fame game of the preseason. Harrell scored all 10 of his points in the second half, and Adcock helped his team’s cause with a nine-point night, including a 5-of-6 performance at the free-throw line.
Josh Nunley finished with seven points, while Ricky Curtis chipped in six, Warren Swann added a first-quarter 3-pointer, Todd Gilley and Adam Wood had two each and Heath Crisp scored one point.
The Raiders were led by Wey’s 14 points, while Jean had 11 and Worthey netted eight.