BASKETBALL
Friday’s results
Boys
Pender 52
E. Columbus 49
South Brunswick 58
South Columbus 56 (2ot)
West Columbus 75
at East Bladen 68
Girls
Pender 51
East Columbus 38
South Columbus 50
South Brunswick 41
East Bladen def.
West Columbus
Tuesday’s schedule
South Brunswick
at East Columbus
Trask at
South Columbus
Whiteville at
North Brunswick
South Robeson
at West Columbus
(Games begin at 4 p.m., with JV girls, followed by JV boys at 5:30, varsity girls at 7 and varsity boys at 8:30.)
Wilcox watch
Chris Wilcox
It will be a homecoming of sorts for former Whiteville High and University of Maryland star Chris Wilcox tonight when his Seattle SuperSonics teams makes a visit to Washington, D.C., tonight to take on the NBA rival Wizards. The Sonics will be out to put a halt to their 12-game road losing streak, which has tied a franchise record. On Wednesday, the SuperSonics played the Rockets in Houston and fell 112-102 with Wilcox being held to seven points and six rebounds, In a Friday home game, the Sonics lost to the Chicago Bulls 107-101 as the 6-foot-10, 235-pound Wilcox scored 10 points and got six rebounds. The Sonics’ season record now stands at 17 wins and 30 losses with Wilcox having made 46 starts in the 47 games. Now in his fifth NBA season, the 24-year-old Wilcox is averaging 12.7 points and 7.6 rebounds this season.
On this date
February 5, 1991
Carlos Baldwin scores 20 points and Tony Wilson chalks up 18 for Coach Glenn McKoy’s Whiteville Wolfpack in its 76-64 Waccamaw Conference basketball victory over the South Robeson Mustangs at Rowland. In the girls game, Coach Kenny Helms’ Whiteville squad takes a 42-29 win with Beverly McCray scoring 19 points and Tonya Jones adding 10.
