TAR HEEL — Unbeaten Tar Heel raced to a 28-11 halftime lead enroute to a 41-17 Waccamaw Middle School Conference boys’ basketball victory over Nakina Tuesday night.
Levi Velasco-Garcia sparked the Panthers to an early 9-4 lead by draining a 3-point shot and 2 other baskets. Demarious Guions dropped in another basket in the 1st quarter.
Guions lit up the scoreboard powering in 4 baskets in the 2nd period. Cedric McKiver popped in a pair of buckets, and Velasco-Garcia, Jarvis McMillan and Jordan King pumped in a basket each. Velasco-Garcia netted a free throw as the lead grew to 28-11.
Carnell Lewis and McKiver banged in 2 baskets each in the 3rd period to stretch the Panther lead to 36-15. Lewis, McMillan and King threw in baskets in the final quarter.
Velasco-Garcia and Guions shared scoring honors for the Panthers with 10 points each. McKiver finished with 8 points, and Lewis added 6 points. McMillan and King tallied 4 points each.
Walker Smith and Kyrie Smith led Nakina with 6 points each.
Coach Ken Cross’ Panthers pushed their unbeaten record to 5-0 and will host Elizabethtown Thursday.
Nakina 4 7 4 2 — 17
Tar Heel 9 19 8 6 — 41
Nakina (17) — Walker Smith 6, Reid Spivey, Tyson Strickland 1, C. J. Joseph 4, Kyrie Smith 6, Ventri Canady, Israel Cardenas, Oscar Zamora, Drake McClennan, Brady McPherson, Juan Pineda, Joseph Rutter, Graydi Canady, Jesse Edge, Tristen McClemore, Elisha Farmer.
Tar Heel (41) — Carnell Lewis 6, Levi Velasco-Garcia 10, Demarious Guions 10, Sterling Davis, Jordan King 4, Dylan McLaurin, Jarvis McMillan 4, Gregory O’Neal, Daveon Whittington, N. Campbell, Jahari Walker, Cedrick McKiver 8.
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