Lions, Lady Lions down R.L. Turner
February 4, 2009

Herald-Banner Staff

It was the Chase Wofford-Corey Bosworth Show at the Lions Den Tuesday night.

Thanks to Wofford banking in 16 points and Bosworth adding 14, the Greenville Lions raised their district record to 2-8 and their overall record to 6-19 with a 64-50 win over R.L. Turner.

The visitors from Carrollton scored the first four points of the contest only to have Greenville score the next four points on back-to-back baskets by N.J. Mason. The first quarter ended with Turner holding a 10-9 advantage.

Greenville outscored R.L. Turner 24-17 in the second quarter to claim a 33-27 halftime lead. In the second quarter, Bosworth hit back to back 3-point shots for Greenville to give the hometown team a 20-19 lead. The Lions would never trail again.

But the visitors from Carrollton went on a 9-2 run to close to within 44-39 going to the fourth quarter.

With Wofford, Bosworth, Jarel Nelson and hitting big baskets down the stretch, the Greenville boys would not be denied.

Turner falls to 0-24 on the season and 0-10 in district.

Mason also chipped in 11 points for Greenville.

Cleghorn banked in 14 points for the visiting Lions from Carrollton and Mikal Patterson also pumped in 11 for Turner.

Varsity boys
R.L. Turner 10 17 12 11 --50
Greenville 9 24 11 20 --64

RLT: Travis Cleghorn 14, Mikal Patterson 11, Maui Puebla 9, Dakota Whitehead 8, Michael Pete 4, Larence Davis 3, Cody Holmes 1.
G: Chase Wofford 16, Corey Bosworth 14, N.J. Mason 11, Jarel Nelson 8, Aaron Johnson 6, Dijoun Sheppard 3, Ladarian Green 3, Manron Steward 2, Cal Crabtree 1.

Records: RLT 0-24, 0-10; G 6-19, 2-8.

Next game: Richardson Pearce at Greenville, Friday.

Junior varsity boys
R.L. Turner 13 17 12 13 --55
Greenville 8 14 17 18 --57

RLT: Cameron Stone 17, David Hernandez 12, Bernard Phillips 10.
G: Dan Mitchell 20, D.K. Williams 14, Blake Taylor 13.

Greenville (girls) 62,
R.L. Turner 22

CARROLLTON -- Greenville’s Lady Lions strengthened their hold on third place in District 10-4A with a 66-22 pasting of R.L. Turner on Tuesday night.

Olivia Carter fired in 36 points to lead the Lady Lions, who are now 13-11 for the season and 7-5 in district play. Rocio Medrano tossed in nine points and Jessica Franklin added seven.

R.L. Turner dropped to 0-12 in district play.

Varsity girls
Greenville 21 15 12 14 --62
R.L. Turner 0 12 5 5 --22

G: Olivia Carter 36, Rocio Medrano 9, Jessica Franklin 7, Ashley Abbott 4, Chasidie Dennis 4, Myneshia Crow 2.
RLT: Brieseida Escobedo 7, Lucro Garcia 4, Melissa Carrillo 3, Autumn Whitton 2, Sabrina Molina 2, Denise Garcia 2, Ashley Flower 2.

Record: G 13-11, 7-5.

Next game: Greenville at Richardson Pearce, Tuesday.