style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Worrell] does a great job at King's

Fork and those kids play so hard. It's

no secrets, we know what each other do and it's a tough, physical to the end

kind of game. Both games were like that

and it's whoever makes the least amount of mistakes, and in the second half we

probably made a little less than they did."

"Verdana","sans-serif"'>That certainly was Great Bridge in the third quarter

when they went on their run as they created eight King's Fork turnovers.

style=> The Bulldogs had only five turnovers in the

other three periods combined.

"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Wildcats star junior guard Marcus Evans, who came in averaging 18.2 points per game, tops

among all Southeastern District players, performed much better in the second

half as well. Evans had only four points

on 1-of-6 shooting in the first half, waiting until the 1:07 mark of the second

quarter to get his first points.

"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Down the stretch, Evans came alive, striking with a

couple of critical mid-range jumpers that kept King's Fork from going back in

front. Evans scored 10 of his game-high

14 points over the game's final two quarters of play.

"Verdana","sans-serif"'>"This team has so much willpower.

style=> We've been in this position a lot, we have a

lot of experience and I have confidence in every one of these guys that when we

get in the fourth quarter against a team and it's close, we're going to put it

all on the line and get that win," Evans went on to say.

style=>

"Verdana","sans-serif"'>"We're behind each other 100% and in the locker room at

half-time, my teammates encouraged me and told me to keep attacking."

"Verdana","sans-serif"'>His teammates were there to offer plenty of help,

too. Off the bench, Aaron Ferguson chipped in six points in the third quarter and

forward Kaleaf

style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'> Sadler grabbed three boards and

blocked a shot. On the interior, center

style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Steve Bienlien was

quite a factor with eight rebounds and four blocks.

style=> On the perimeter, Byron Williams and Andre

Banks combined for 25 points and four three-pointers with Williams

collecting eight rebounds.

"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Especially pivotal was Banks' shot.

style=> With King's Fork trailing 47-46, he dropped

in his third and final three-pointer of the night with 35 seconds to go to

stretch the Wildcats' lead.

"Verdana","sans-serif"'>"I felt it. That

was in my corner," remarked Banks. "When

Marcus drives, teams collapse on him and I just sit there and wait for the

kick."

"Verdana","sans-serif"'>While the star power has been there for Great Bridge in

recent seasons with Briante Weber (VCU),

class=SpellE>Taj Owens (Radford) and now Evans, being recruited already

by Old Dominion among other D-1 programs, the role players have also been

essential in Great Bridge's success.

They are carving out their niche and getting better at what they do as

the season goes along.

"Verdana","sans-serif"'>"We talk about that constantly and it's an ongoing

process," Obenour said.

style=> "Everyone likes to score, everyone likes to be

in the forefront, and really when you make a team the hardest part is selecting

the kids. We select the right kids, they

understand their role and they all fit in."

"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Banks, a senior on last year's district title winning

team that suffered a narrow loss to Kecoughtan in the

regional quarterfinals at the Norfolk Scope, doesn't want to go through the

heartache again of coming up short of their regional and state title goals.

"Verdana","sans-serif"'>"I don't want to go through that again," Banks said.

style=> "It's just tough."

"Verdana","sans-serif"'>This might be Great Bridge's best team yet in the

class=SpellE>Obenour era. Another

tight win over a district contender has their belief only strengthening of what

they can do come playoff time.

"Verdana","sans-serif"'>"A win like this builds team chemistry, character,

everything," believes Evans. "It lets us

know that when we get in touch games, we're more than ready to play together

and be able to fight through things.

When we get into the district tournament and hopefully make it to the

Scope, games like these will have us prepared for what we see."

"Verdana","sans-serif"'>King's Fork, which got 12 points apiece from

style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Rod Parrett and

style='mso-bidi-font-weight:normal'>Jacorey Smith, drops to 11-5 overall and 8-4 in the district.

"Verdana","sans-serif"'>

href="http://vmedia.rivals.com/uploads/914/1355105.WMA">Postgame Audio with

Great Bridge Coach Gary Obenour

style='mso-special-character:line-break'>

style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Stats:

style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>Great

Bridge 54:

Marcus Evans - - 14Pts. 5-12FG, 3-5FT 7Reb. 2Ast.

Andre Banks - - 13Pts. 4-7FG, 3-5 3's, 4Reb.

Byron Williams - - 12Pts. 4-10FG, 3-7FT, 8Reb. 2Stl

class=GramE>.

Aaron Ferguson - - 6Pts. 1-5FG, 4-4FT

Mark Madison - - 5Pts. 2-6FG, 2Ast. 2Stl.

Steve Bienlien - - 4Pts. 2-5FG, 8Reb.

class=GramE>2Ast. 4Blk.

style='font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"'>King's

Fork 50:

Jacorey Smith - - 12Pts. 6-12FG, 2Reb. 3Ast. 4Stl

class=GramE>.

Rod Parrett - - 12Pts. 4-10FG, 2-5 3's

Donte Ralph - - 10Pts. 3-9FG, 4-6FT, 8Reb. 3Stl

class=GramE>.

Akanni White - - 8Pts. 2-6FG, 3-6FT, 4Ast. 3Stl

class=GramE>.

Byron Taylor - - 5Pts. 7Reb. 3Ast. 2Blk. 2Stl.

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