Brighton at Burke

Another day of snow outside! Another day of basketball inside. It's gametime. Tonight it was the Bulldogs of Burke High hosting the Brighton Bengals. The undefeated Bengals came in real confident even though their coach knew the challenge ahead of them. Coach Hugh Coleman of Brighton said, "Burke will be our first real challenge because they actually have a little talent." He wasn't joking, in the first half the struggle didn't seem evident as the Bengals took a 5 point lead to end the first half. Alot of turnovers for them would halt their run in the 3rd quarter. Between traveling calls and fouls, the turnover ratio looked rough. It showed to be perfct timing as Burke hit 4 3s in the 3rd. But as the 4th started, so did the Bengals who would pull away led by senior guard Kevon Young who was the game's leading scorer with 26 points. Fellow guard and BLA transfer Theo Orihbahor would add to the insult with 11 of his own points. Both Edward Toney and Jerard Mayes would dominate down low also posting 12 and 18 respectively. The only way to stay in it for the Burke was their forward, James Nelson who put up 12 points in the 4th, he had an interesting inside out game. He wasone of the only two to post double digit points for the Bulldogs. They could have had a 3rd if their point guard threat, Jahkari Christopher hadn't fouled out early that same quarter. He would finish with 9. When the clock expired, Brighton had finished off another foe as they beat Burke 78-67. Kevon Young had this to say after the game. "It was a tough win and we have to work on some stuff." Edward Toney and his teammate Young are both seniors and definitely looking forward to state this year. Here is your box score and point totals for the night live from Grove Hall Community Center.

1st 2nd 3rd 4th F
Brighton 15 15 20 28 78
Burke 8 17 24 16 67



Brighton K. Young-26 J. Mayes-18 E. Toney-12 T. Orihbahor-11 M. James-6 D. Edwards-3
R. Mack-2

Burke J. Nelson-20 C. Nelson-12 J. Christopher-9 D. James-6 P. Ricketts-6 J. Tran-5
N. Jaime-5 B. Lim-4




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