Indian jayvees crush Bulldogs, 71-33

The Gaffney ninth-grade boys basketball team improved to 2-1 with a 65-47 victory over Byrnes on Monday.

Ron Best and Russell Hughes each scored 14 points to pace the Indians.

"It was a total team effort and everybody contributed," Gaffney coach Phillip McHam said.

Blacksburg middle keeps on winning

Taylor Raines had 14 points and Treyvon Parker added 11 to help the Blacksburg Middle School boys basketball team to a 36-33 win at Chesnee in overtime on Tuesday.

The Wildcats are now 5-0.

Newberry tops Saints, 66-50

The Newberry College men's basketball team bounced back from a two-game losing streak with a 66-50 victory over Limestone College on Tuesday in Eleazer Arena.

Brett Goodwell was Newberry's top scorer with 15 points and also grabbed seven rebounds and dished out a career best six assists.

Limestone (2-6) dropped its sixth straight contest despite a 22- point effort from Stewart Clark. Newberry limited the Saints to 19 points in the opening half and 17- of-47 (36.2%) shooting from the field.

The game was tight early, as Limestone started the game on an 8-3 run. Newberry was unable to score a field goal until Valiulis' three-pointer with 14:45 left in the first half. But that three-pointer was the beginning of a 10-0 run that gave the hosts the lead for good.

Newberry outscored Limestone 25-8 in the latter stages of the first half to take a 38-19 lead to the locker room after a last second three-pointer doubled up the Saints.

The Newberry starters were not needed long in the second half as they scored the first nine points of the half to extend the lead to 28 points at 47-19 with 17 minutes left. Limestone would battle back to within 19 against the starters.

Limestone resumes action at home against Mount Olive on January 3.

Lady Saints fall to Newberry

The Newberry College women's basketball team kept its hot streak alive Tuesday by defeating the Limestone Saints at home, 76-52.

It was the team's sixth consecutive victory.

Laura Marquardt had a great game and earned her first career double-double with 16 points and 10 rebounds.

Blanca Gonzalez led the way for the Saints with a game high 17 points. She shot great from outside, sinking 4-of-6 from threepoint range. Whitney Todd was the leading rebounder for Limestone with five boards.

Newberry set the tempo of the game early and went up 19-2 after six minutes of play. Even with the large lead, Newberry never stepped off the gas pedal, earning a 37-11 lead with a little over two minutes remaining in the half. Newberry went back into the locker room up, 40-18.

The Saints outscored the home team by four points in the first ten minutes of the second half, cutting the deficit to 16 points at one point but could not get further over the hump.

Limestone will return home this Thursday to play Brevard.

Sooner star to have surgery

Oklahoma running back DeMarco Murray will have surgery to repair a hamstring injury and miss the BCS national championship game against Florida.

Murray will undergo surgery on Dec. 22 to repair the tendon in his left leg, Sooners' coach Bob Stoops said Tuesday.