Lions fall again at home
November 30, 2008

By STEVE SHWARTS
Herald-Banner Staff

GREENVILLE -- The Paris Wildcats won their opening game of the basketball season, 59-43 over the Greenville Lions on Saturday afternooon in the Lions Den.

Greenville dropped to 1-3 on the young basketball season with its second straight loss at home.

The Wildcats took control early, outscoring the Lions 14-6 in the first quarter and 8-4 in the second quarter to own a 22-10 advantage at halftime.

Barr led the visiting Wildcats as he tallied 13 points in the game. Martin added 12 points, while King and Jenkins banked in 11 points each and Rollerson added 10 points.

Manon Steward led Greenville with 10 points. Jarel Nelson was next for the Lions with nine points and Dijjoun Sheppard chipped in eight.

The Lions had trouble scoring in the second quarter as they went almost five minutes without a bucket. Alton Dennis broke the drought, scoring a layup with two minutes to go in the first half. That ended a 6-0 Wildcat run.

Then after stopping Paris the Lions got bucket from Dennis from the top of the key to cut the Paris lead to 20-10. But Will Martin of Paris gave the Wildcats a lift heading into halftime, sinking a jumper from the corner.

The Wildcats, who led 39-23 after three quarters, stretched their lead to 56-38 in the fourth quarter.

Then the Lions went on a mini-run, scoring four points in a row. That made the score 56-42.

Paris scored three of the game’s final four points to stretch its final lead to 16.

Varsity boys
Paris 14 8 17 20 —59
Greenville 6 4 13 20 —43

P: Barr 13, King 11, Jenkins 11, Martin 12, Rollerson 10.
G: Manon Steward 10, Jarel Nelson 9, Dijuon Sheppard 8, N.J. Mason 5, Devonte Green 4, Alton Dennis 4, Cal Crabtree 2, Aaron Johnson 1.

Records: P 1-0, G 1-3.

Next game: Greenville at Frisco, Tuesday.

Junior varsity boys
Paris 19 15 16 13 —63
Greenville 7 16 18 13 —54

P: M. Johnson 14, D. Ladell 9.
G: Brandon Mapps 18, Deundra Williams 12, Chase Wofford 10