BASKETBALL
Thursday’s results
Boys
Whiteville 58
South Columbus 55
Girls
Whiteville 50
South Columbus 27
Friday’s results
Boys
East Columbus 76
South Columbus 60
South Brunswick 62 Whiteville 50
West Columbus 80
Red Springs 51
Girls
East Columbus 57
South Columbus 37
Whiteville 57
South Brunswick 37
Red Springs 76
West Columbus 24
Tuesday’s schedule
Whiteville at Trask
South Columbus
at Pender
W. Columbus
at St. Pauls
(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
The Seattle SupeSonics closed out a seven-game NBA homestand with a 102-100 win over the Minnesota Timberwolves on Friday and a 98-76 loss to the Los Angeles Clippers on Sunday. Former Whiteville High and University of Maryland standout Wilcox came across with another double-double in Friday’s victory, scoring 15 points and grabbing 10 rebounds. In Sunday’s loss, the Sonics experienced their lowest scoring output of the season and Wilcox was limited to six points and two rebounds. The Sonics, now holding a 17-27 record, will close the month the same way they started it - with Tuesday and Wednesday games at Dallas and Houston.
On this date
January 29, 1976
Former Whiteville High School player Herbert Bell scores 33 points and gets 23 rebounds for the Southeastern Community College basketball team in a 130-72 romp over Cape Fear Tech at the D.C. Virgo Junior High gym in Wilmington. Robert Miles scores 26 points for Coach Herschel Walsh’s Rams, and James Pierce, another former Whiteville High player, scores 20. Jimmy Huggins also hits in double figures with 16 points. The win puts the Ram season record at 9-5.
