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Holland Makes Immediate Impact
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| Sophomore Taliah Holland made a nice varsity debut with eight points and 12 rebounds. |
Maybe not. The War Eagles played beautifully in the second half and dispatched North 47-36.
If they want to have a .500 season or better, they need to keep playing like that. They were brilliant in a 23-4 third that saw Davie burst into a 33-18 lead, and they wound up with 37 second-half points.
The loss at Asheboro was dreadful. Davie shot 13 of 50 (26 percent), missing all six 3-pointers. It went eight of 18 at the line. It committed 19 turnovers, got outrebounded 40-29 and missed 18 of 21 fourth-quarter shots.
Kellie Brown did play well with 12 points, eight rebounds and three assists.
“We had a chance to make a layup and get within two (in the fourth), but we missed,” coach Debbie Evans said. “We had a couple 3s to get it to two (that missed). We couldn’t find a basket. We took some fairly good shots. We just couldn’t buy a basket.”
After the uninspired first half at North Rowan, Mechel Gadson, Elyssa Tucker and Taliah Holland gave Davie life in the 23-4 third.
“We switched up defenses,” she said. “We went to fullcourt man. We put some pressure on them and got some steals and layups. In the first half we pressed in a 1-2-1-1. We got a few steals, but it was not as intense as our fullcourt man was. That was the big difference.”
Gadson (12 points, 11 rebounds), Tucker (11 points, nine rebounds, two blocks) and Holland (eight points, 12 rebounds) played big roles. Davie managed to overcome the absence of two injured starters - leading-scorer Brown (10.8) and Sarah Evans (5.7). Because of the injuries, Evans promoted the JV’s top scorer - Holland - and she proved ... subscribe to the Davie County Enterprise Record, P.O. Box 99, Mocksville, N.C. 27028.