Trio of Queens University signees spark 119-80 rout
HobbsDailyReport.com
GREENBORO – Jay’den Turner, one of three Queens University signees on the West roster, led a 119-80 rout of the East on Monday night in the East-West All-Star boys’ basketball game at the Greensboro Coliseum.
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Turner — a 6-foot-5 guard from Southwest Guilford — made 11 of 17 field goals and scored 24 points as the top scorer for the West, which had six players reach double-figure scoring.
Freedom guard Fletcher Abee scored 11 points and the other West player from a Greater Hickory area conference – Sidney Dollar of East Lincoln – scored four points.
The West scored 30 points in the opening quarter and 31 in the second quarter to lead 61-28 by halftime.
The other players headed to Queens, Gavin Rains of Wheatmore and Zeke Littlejohn of Kings Mountain, added 16 and nine points, respectively, and Rains had a team-best 13 rebounds.
The West won the boards 66-37 and took 37 shots from 3-point range, making 11. Abee, who will play college basketball at The Citadel, made three of his seven 3-point attempts.
Dharyus Thomas, a 6-1 guard from Southwest Onslow who indicated in his East-West bio he plans to walk-on at Catawba Valley Community College, scored five points for the East.
WEST ALL-STARS 119, EAST ALL-STARS 80
(Monday at Greensboro Coliseum)
WEST (FGs, FTs, Points)
TURNER, Jay’den (SW Guilford) 11-17 1-2 24
RAINS, Gavin (Wheatmore) 6-9 4-6 16
DEING, Dhieu (High Point Central) 7-12 0-0 15
CHILDRESS, Bryson (N. Stanly) 5-8 0-0 14
ABEE, Fletcher (Freedom) 4-8 0-0 11
BEEKER, Ben (Hendersonville) 5-9 1-2 11
LITTLEJOHN, Zeke (Kings Mountain) 4-11 0-0 9
FULKS, Themus (N. Davidson) 4-10 0-2 8
LANGLEY, Keyshaun (SW Guilford) 3-8 0-0 7
DOLLAR, Sidney (E. Lincoln) 2-4 0-1 4
Totals 51-96 6-13 119
EAST (FGs, FTs, Points)
DODD, Imajae (Greene Central) 7-12 5-5 19
PHILLIPS, Shykiem (South Central) 6-14 0-0 12
BURWELL, Phillip (Raleigh Millbrook) 5-9 0-0 11
McLAURIN, Brion (Fayetteville 71st) 4-9 2-3 11
COUNCIL, Anthony (Smithfield-Selma) 3-11 0-0 8
JONES, George (Pamlico County) 3-8 0-1 6
THOMAS, Dharyus (SW Onslow) 1-5 2-4 5
EDMUNDSON, Darius (Southern Nash) 1-4 1-2 3
McKENNEY, Jace (S. Brunswick) 1-5 0-0 3
SMITH, Trae (Raleigh Wakefield) 1-3 0-2 2
Totals 32-80 10-17 80
West 30 31 29 29—119
East 17 11 23 29—80
3-point goals—West 11-37 (CHILDRESS, Bryson 4-7; ABEE, Fletcher 3-7; TURNER, Jay’den 1-5; DEING, Dhieu 1-4; LANGLEY, Keyshaun 1-3; LITTLEJOHN, Zeke 1-6; DOLLAR, Sidney 0-1; FULKS, Themus 0-4), East 6-14 (COUNCIL, Anthony 2-5; McKENNEY, Jace 1-2; THOMAS, Dharyus 1-3; BURWELL, Phillip 1-2; McLAURIN, Brion 1-1; JONES, George 0-1). Fouled out—West–BEEKER, Ben, East–McKENNEY, Jace; Rebounds–West 66 (RAINS, Gavin 13), East 37 (DODD, Imajae 9); Assists–West 27 (LANGLEY, Keyshaun 8), East 10 (PHILLIPS, Shykiem 4); Total fouls–West 15, East 14. Technical fouls—None; Att.–2,176; MVP—Jay’den Turner (SW Guilford).
— Game stats provided by North Carolina Coaches Association (NCCA)