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Landrum runs away from Wildcats, 67-43
Landrum controlled the tempo on both sides of the court and benefited from several periods of cold shooting by Blacksburg. The Cardinals jumped out to a 15-4 lead in the first quarter and never trailed. Darrell Walton scored the Wildcats' first field goal four minutes into the contest. The Wildcats didn't score again until Tanner Hamrick hit a 3- pointer with 6:56 left in the second quarter. Landrum took advantage of turnovers and missed shots to stretch its lead to 30-18 at halftime. Blacksburg pulled to within five points early in the third quarter following a 3-point basket by Rashad Earls. The Cardinals then went on another run to lead 40-22 before Blacksburg's Ken Littlejohn sliced through the lane for a layup to break the scoring drought midway through the third quarter. Landrum got many of its points by rebounding missed shots as its lead to grew to 51-26 with 40 seconds left in the third quarter. Brandon Quarles scored 19 points to lead the Landrum offense. He was one of four Cardinal players to score in double figures. Blacksburg (0-3) played like a team still searching for its identity after losing 85 percent of its scoring to graduation last year. Ken Littlejohn scored a game-high 21 points for Blacksburg. Rashad Earls had nine points. "We have a lot of questions to answer. We haven't done what we need to do," Blacksburg coach Travis Miller said. "The hustle and effort are there. We are not executing offensively and defensively and that's on my shoulders as the head coach." In the girls basketball game, Landrum beat Blacksburg, 38-36. The Lady Wildcats trailed 37-30 with 3:46 left before staging a late rally. A basket by Lydia Jones pulled Blacksburg to within three points with 58 seconds. A couple free throws pulled the Lady Wildcats to within two points with eight seconds left. Blacksburg was unable to get the ball back in time to run a final offensive play. Blacksburg will play Union Friday at home. |
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