Garner Trojans blast Harnett Central on Senior Night

Posted February 23, 2010 at 7:04 pm and filed under GMHS, Sports.

By Chris Edwards
Citizen Journalist

Senior Night on Monday, Feb. 15 began for Coach Eddie Gray and his Trojans before the game as all the senior boy and girl basketball players and cheerleaders were honored.

Stephon Drane

Stephon Drane accepts the McDonald’s All-American team award during Senior Night Monday, Feb. 15. KEN HALL, KENHALLPHOTOGRAPHY.COM

Annette Atkinson presented senior Stephon Drane with a plaque as he was nominated for the McDonald’s All-American team. The nomination must have fired up Drane has he dropped 16 first-half points en route to a new career-high 32 points to lead Garner past Harnett Central 86-73 in the final regular season game of the season.

Garner started all four seniors in Drane, Darne Hall, Matt Koscinelly and Matt Powell. Coach Gray brought in the regulars later in the initial quarter, and after one Garner held a 22-17 lead.

The Trojans began to pull away in the second quarter as Gavin Wilson came off the bench to find his stroke, hitting three three-point shots on his way to a new career-high of 20 points, giving the Trojans a 48 -35 lead at halftime.

Garner padded their lead in the third quarter and used a 19-point third quarter effort to extend the lead to 67-52 after three. But Harnett Central began the fourth quarter with two, big three pointers, and all of a sudden the lead was just seven with the score 67-60.

Once that happened, Garner went on a run and finally put the game away. The big key to the Trojans’ success down the stretch was the play inside by Drane and Dominique Reed, who finished the game with 10 points, six of them coming in the fourth quarter.

With the 86-73 win, Garner finished the regular season with a 13-8 overall record and a 12-2 conference mark.

SCORING

Garner

  • S. Drane 32
  • G. Wilson 20
  • D. Reed 10
  • D. Johnson 7
  • J. McClain 6
  • D. Hall 5
  • M. Powell 4
  • E. McClain 2

Harnett Central

  • B. Taylor 21
  • A. Chatman 14
  • E. Baggett 13
  • T. Wheelin 7
  • J. Spears 6
  • B. McMillian 6
  • C. Hill 5

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