BASKETBALL
Thursday’s results
East Columbus Holiday Tournament
Championship results
Boys
East Columbus 76
South Columbus 61
Girls
East Columbus 61
South Columbus 36
Third-place results
Boys
Loris 60
South Robeson 45
Girls
South Robeson 55
Loris 46
Tuesday’s schedule
South Brunswick
at Whiteville
East Columbus
at South Columbus
(Games begin at 4 p.m., with girls junior varsity match-up, followed by boys junior varsity, girls varsity and boys varsity).
Wilcox watch
Chris Wilcox
It has been a busy week for former Whiteville High basketball star Chris Wilcox and the rest of the Seattle SuperSonics as they try to battle their way out of last place of the Northwest Division in the NBA’s Western Conference. On Dec. 23, Wilcox had 12 points and five rebounds in the Sonics’ home victory over the Toronto Raptors. On Tuesday, the 6-foot-10 Wilcox scored 22 point and pulled down 10 rebounds in a 102-94 setback of the visiting New Orleans Hornets. In a 112-98 road loss to the Denver Nuggetts on Thursday, Wilcox was limited to nine points and seven rebounds while the Nuggetts newly acquired Alan Iverson burned the nets for 44 points. On Friday, the SuperSonics fell to the host Minnesota Timberwolves 101-82 with Wilcox scoring only six points while collecting seven rebounds.
Before ringing in the New Year on Sunday, the Sonics defeated the visiting Boston Celtics 101-95 behind Wilcox’s game-high 24 points and team-high eight rebounds. The performance came in his 100th career start. The former Maryland star was 8-of-8 from the foul line as Seattle closed out the 2006 portion of its schedule with a 12-19 record. Wilcox is carrying a scoring average of 12.9 points per game and continues to average eight rebounds per contest.
The Sonics travel to Texas today where they will take on the Dallas Mavericks Tuesday and the Houston Rockets on Wednesday.
On this date
January 1, 2007
HAPPY NEW YEAR!
