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Both games were harrowing. Davie could have easily lost both. Davie could have easily won both. So coach Jeff Walton will take a split - a 58-57 win over West and a 64-60, double-overtime loss to Reynolds. After the emotionally draining double-OT loss, Walton could take solace in how hard Davie competed. “It’s the best I’ve seen them play the whole year,” he said after Davie slipped to 7-6 overall and 1-2 in the Central Piedmont Conference. “I’ll take that any day when I know my guys have given everything. I hate the losses when you get blown out and don’t try. I bet we didn’t have but six or seven turnovers the whole game. They wanted that ballgame as much as anybody could. We just came out on the losing side of it.” Davie 58, W. Forsyth 57 The War Eagles faced a 20-11 deficit in the first quarter. But they had an answer, closing within 36-34 at the half. They faced a 49-44 deficit after the third. Again, they had an answer. Lake Slabach and Raheem Martin helped rescue Davie in the fourth, combining for nine points as the War Eagles outscored West 14-8. Davie did not have a single lead until the fourth. “Their crowd started chanting against Davie, and our guys got that look in their eyes that, hey, we’re going to shut them down,” Walton said. “We went to a 1-3-1 defense in the fourth, and they had turnover after turnover. The kids really wanted it. It ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028. |
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