After some technical difficulties (the wireless here bumps me off once a day and had to meet its quota), we're back from Broughton High School and the GlaxoSmithKline Holiday Invitational.

With 6:30 left in the first, Panther Creek leads 14-12

--Sorry for the long wait in between updates. Earnest Ross just got fouled on what looked like a 3-points shot with 5.5 seconds left in the first. Instead, it's a one-and-one and he misses the front end. That leaves our score unchanged. At half, it's 28-22 PC.

--Earnest Ross opens up the second half with a steal and a lay-in. He now has 14 points.

--It's 36-26, Panther Creek still in the lead. The Catamounts are doing a great job on defense and rebounding, and that's what has kept them ahead

--40-32 PC still in the lead. I promise I'll be more descriptive next time.

--The Catamounts hold the rock for the greater part of the final 30 seconds, but Ross' 3-pointer is off. However, PC still holds the 40-34 lead going into the fourth.

--Tyler Nicholson hits a 3-pointer to open the fourth, and Knightdale closes the gap 40-37. PC's Ross is fouled on the other end and sinks two. 42-37, PC lead, 7:24 left in the fourth.

--PC forces a turnover with their full-court trap, and Marques Oliver flushes a breakaway dunk. 44-37. He comes back and hits a nice hook shot, and makes it 46-37.

--James Toney nearly dunks all over Knightdale's Eric Green. He misses the dunk, and both free throws, but Ross is there with the offensvie board and the putback. 48-39, 5:31 left.

--Josh Gorham tosses in a floater off the glass, cutting the deficit to seven. 48-41 PC lead. 4:21 to play.

--Remember, this game is basically for Wake County supremacy (but undefeated Athens Drive would have a problem with that).

--Marques Oliver has shown a good all-around game today, hitting a long two to give his team a 50-41 lead. His brother Brandon hits a freebie and it's 51-41.

--PC gets a 10-second half court violation and a sweet lay-in from Marques Oliver.

--As Stan Okoye lays-in a basket, they announce he now has 1,001th point. Quite an accomplishment.

--1:50 to go, it's 56-46.

--Knightdale is now having to foul, and it's 58-46 Panther Creek with Isaiah Johnson stepping to the line for two. 14.2 seconds left on the clock.

--Panther Creek wins, 60-46. Ross with 23 points, giving him 79 for the tournament, which is tops for right now.

We're here awaiting the start of Middle Creek vs Rocky Mount, and it should be a good match-up between players Garrius Adams and Tashawn Mabry, both who could be playing in the ACC one day.

--Garrius Adams is feeling it. He's got eight of his team's first 10 points. 10-6 Mustangs with 4:44 left in the first.

--Adams strokes another 3-pointer! 15-10 Mustangs. He's got 11.

--At the end of the first, it's 20-15 Middle Creek.

--Tom Tankelewicz strokes another 3-pointer and makes it 23-17 Middle Creek. It's his second three of the day. This guy's got quite the stroke.

--A 6-0 run by Rocky Mount has things all tied up at 23 apiece. 4 min left in the half.

--At half, it's 33-28 Middle Creek.

--Leading scorers at halftime are Garrius Adams (16), Tashawn Mabry (14), and Tom Tankelewicz (14). I know, real surprising.

--Tom Tankelewicz has added seven more points to make it 40-34 Middle Creek with 3:54 to go in the third. He now leads all scorers with 19.

--Mabry gets a "and-1" opportunity after a Tankelewicz foul. He bricks the free throw to leave Middle Creek with a 1-point lead. 41-40.

--Adams just looked like a grown man, driving the ball straight down the lane and hammering home a two-handed dunk in traffic. 43-40 MC.

--At the end of the third, Middle Creek has a slim 43-42 lead.

--Mabry opens up the fourth with a basket. He's got 22 by my count, and gives the Gryphons a 44-43 lead.

--Larry Harris, Pete Strickland, Brandon Costner and Simon Harris are all here from N.C. State to see Mabry play. They can't be too impressed the technical he just picked up, but they have to like his production. Tankelewicz hits 1-of-2 free throws and will have the ball up 47-44.

--A 3-pointer from Adams makes it 50-46 MC with just under five minutes left. Jon Moore gets trapped in the corner on the next possession and is forced to call timeout. 50-46 MC, 4:45 left in the game

--Adams with another 3-pointer. He's got 25 and MC is up 53-46.

--Tankelewicz hits a three of his own and Middle Creek is getting the baskets they want at the perfect time. He's got 25. Mabry gets fouled on the other end, but the lefty can only make one free throw after a lane violation on his second attempt. 

--Rocky Mount's Alonzo Sharpe hits a deep 3-pointer and it's 57-52 MC. This one is far from over. 1:43 left.

--Gryphons foul John Moore instead of Tankelewicz even though Tankelewicz dribbled the ball around far longer. It's a good strategy, but Moore hits both of them.

--50.9 seconds left, and it's 62-54 MC lead. The 'Stangs are doing a good job of hitting their freebies

--Adams, Mabry and Tankelewicz are all on their respective benches and this one should be over soon.

--The Mustangs win! 64-55 is your final score. Up next is Panther Creek vs. Knightdale for the third-place game in the Shavlik Randolph bracket.

--Mabry had 25 for the Gryphons. Middle Creek's Garrius Adams had 27 and Tom Tankelewicz had 26.

We're down to the last day of competition at the GlaxoSmithKline Holiday Invitational, and Panther Creek's Earnest Ross is in third right now in total points scored with a chance for his team to finish third in the Summit Hospitality bracket. That's the good news.

Want even more good news? There's no seventh-place game this year, which means scoring leaders Nolan Dennis (Richland, Tx.) and Akeem Richmond (Southern Lee) are done, which means Ross is No. 1 in total points among active players.

Now, some guys may play for better teams (like John Wall, Mason Plumlee, etc.) and therefore not have to score as much. Others are the only threat on their team to do much of anything (Reggie Bullock, Tashawn Mabry). 

Ross is somewhere in between, and that's why he and his team have been able to succeed so far in the tourney.

He's one of five three-year starters for the Catamounts, which means other guys have the confidence to step up their games should opponents begin to focus on just Ross. He doesn't have Matt Wilson as a sidekick as does Ryan Kelly, or a Lakeem Jackson-type like Christ School. 

He is, however surrounded by good players who know how to get him the ball, and pick up the slack whenever his shot isn't going down.

Ross will get his chance to go for this year's scoring title, and possibly a MOP award, when the Catamounts take the floor tomorrow at 2:40 p.m. against Knightdale.

Below is a listing of those players with 30 or more points after two games. The total points is on the right, while those players who have committed are also listed with their college choice. If a player has a "0" in a column, that means he is out of the tournament.

In parentheses is what bracket that player is in, whether it's the Summit Hospitality Group (SHG) or the Shavlik Randolph Foundation (Shav) 

According to my calculations, no fewer than 20 future Division I players are in this year's GSK Tournament. Although it's talent this year is undeniable, how memorable will these individuals be in the record books?

Will anyone come near Donald Williams' tournament record of 115 points? Is anyone on pace to break 90 points for the tournament, something only 12 other players have ever done before?

As of right now, it's hard to say. There's not a seventh-place game, so if your team loses twice, you're done. That could affect how many total points somebody like Akeem Richmond or Nolan Dennis can post. Each guy threw up 30 points or more in an opening-game loss.

Even though Mason Plumlee, Ryan Kelly, John Wall and C.J. Leslie are probably four of the five best players in the tournament, they all play on teams that don't need them to score a ton in order to win by 20+ points.

Below, I have a listing of 20 prospects and how many total points they have going into Monday.

Here are the remaining games at the GSK Invitational, complete with times and which place each game is for. The remaining Cary-area teams are in bold. It should also be noted that there is no seventh-place game this year, so the losers from Middle Creek-Southern Lee and Father Carr-Richland will be out of the tournament.

--No sooner do I get back from interviewing Christ School and Middle Creek do I witness four Ravenscroft 3-pointers. They haven't missed yet and it's 14-4 Ravenscroft with 5:08 to go in the first.

--Ryan Kelly gets two three-point plays, one beyond the arc and the other the old-fashioned way, and it's 20-10 Ravenscroft. Marques Oliver and Earnest Ross have hit 3's of their own. It's raining 3's here in Holliday Gym.

--Ravenscroft is perfect from the field and it's 25-14 in the first. Panther Creek isn't playing bad. It's just hard to compete against perfection.

--The first quarter ends with Ravenscroft up 27-18. Eighteen points is good for a quarter, but the Ravens are a scorching 9-of-9 from the field!

--Finally, the Ravens miss a free throw! Actually two, and it's the first anything Ravenscroft has missed so far.

--Marques Oliver drains another three (who knew he had that kind of range?) and Earnest Ross gets a layup (but misses the free throw) to cut it to 29-23.

--Finally, with 5:26 left in the second quarter, Ravenscroft misses a shot.

--Ryan Kelly can't miss! It's 33-25 and he's got an array of shots he can hit.

--Mike Hood hits a 3-pointer from the corner that glances off the backboard and in. It's 33-28 Ravenscroft.

--Earnest Ross nails a 24-footer falling to his right as time expires to bring the Catamounts back into it. Your halftime score: Ravenscroft 38, Panther Creek 31.

--Ryan Kelly has 17 and Earnest Ross has 14 points  at halftime.

--Wow. Check out these halftime stats: Ravenscroft is 6-for-6 from beyond the arc, and 14-of-16 from the field (87.5 percent). Folks, that's flat-out shooting the rock. Somehow, Panther Creek is only down seven.

--Ryan Kelly now has 21 points. He can't do any wrong tonight, as he's perfect from everywhere on the court.

--Ross his free throw off an "and one" play and cuts the lead down to 13. It's 50-37 Ravenscroft. Ryan Kelly still hasn't missed.

--HE MISSED IT! Ryan Kelly's 3-point attempt is off the mark and it doesn't come until the 4:30 mark in the third quarter. He's still got 25+ at this point.

--Ravenscroft pulls ahead in the third, despite actually missing shots (Kelly has gone ice cold. I think he missed two). It's 57-42 after three.

--Ryan Kelly misses two more (OK, I'll stop now) but Ravenscroft still isn't allowing Panther Creek to get back in it. 64-43 with 6:06 left in the fourth.

--Ross gets an alley-oop and two free throws, but it's still 66-47 Ravenscroft.

--The white flag is out as both teams empty their benches. It's 74-51 Ravenscroft with 1:36 left.

--Final score: Ravenscroft 77, Panther Creek 53

I've tried for about seven times to write the intro to this blog, but screw it. In short, I hate Mozilla and I hate whatever "Internal Service Error" caused me to lose everything I had typed. Let's just get to the point then:

--11-7 Christ School early. Christ School's Mason Plumlee has looked really good as has Tom Tankelewicz for the Mustangs

--Middle Creek is still down 15-7 and coach David Kushner calls a timeout. 2:09 left in the first.

--Talk about a turn of events! Christ School's Lakeem Jackson (headed to South Carolina) dunks allllllll over Middle Creek's Maurice Basden as he's fouled. He then follows that up by airballing the free throw. 19-7 Christ School.

--After one, it's 21-7 Christ School. Middle Creek is all over the rim with their shots but can't get anything to fall. Just as I type that, of course, Tankelewicz drains a three to open the second.

--Two straight breakaway dunks have me believing in Mason Plumlee, who's also heading to Duke next year with Ravenscroft's Ryan Kelly. He can run the floor and is strong with the ball.

--Middle Creek continues to being run out of the gym. Christ School is turning every rebound or steal into a fast-break, and that's scary since they've all started right around the low block.

--Kushner calls another timeout here in the second after an alley-oop to Jackson makes it 36-16 in Christ School's favor. And I don't know what the PA people are doing, but there's an obsession with Michael Jackson. I've heard everything from "Billy Jean" to "Thriller" to songs from the Jackson 5 days.

--Mason Plumlee throws down a no-look reverse jam as he goes along the sideline, and it should be noted Chris Collins is back today (and this time it's legal) along with Steve Wojciechowski. They've got to be pleased, as Christ is up at the half, 41-18. 

--Garrius Adams has six points at half, Tankelewicz has eight.

--If this score holds, Middle Creek would be playing again on Monday at 4 p.m. against Southern Lee, which fell today 72-55 to Kinston despite 31 points from Akeem Richmond (Kinston's Reggie Bullock had 33).

--I give Adams credit, he's trying out there, but you've got to hit a free throw! He gets fouled twice on two straight drives (one was full-court) but he misses each foul shot!

--You can add N.C. State assistant Larry Harris and UNC assistant Joe Holladay as two other coaches I've recognized in attendance for some of today's games.

--Mason Plumlee throws down another no-look reverse slam and catches an alley-oop. There's no answer for him on Middle Creek's side as Adams is struggling mightily. 47-18 Christ School with just under six minutes to play in the third.

--First half stats tell the story. Middle Creek shot 15.4 percent from three and 30.8 from the field. Add in nine turnovers and the fact that Christ School shot 59.4 percent and you've got a recipe for "yikes!"

--It's 52-27 as Tankelewicz connects on a 3-point attempt. Three minutes left in the third.

--At the end of three, Christ School still leads, but Middle Creek posts its best quarter yet. 58-34 is your score.

--Four minutes left, and it's 66-42 Christ School. Adams has gotten better as the game moved along, but it's too little too late. The only thing you can say Christ School has done wrong was pick their mascot name. The Greenies? Really?

--All the starters for both teams are on the bench now, and this one is all but done. With one minute left, Marshall Plumlee (little brother of Mason) is on the line with the score 70-45 in Christ School's favor.

--And that's your final: 70-45 Christ School. Ravenscroft vs Panther Creek is next.

Here we are, the opening game of Day Two at the GlaxoSmithKline Holiday Invitational Tournament. This morning Apex will try to stave off elimination as it takes on Enloe in the loser's bracket of the Hospitality Invitational. We'll keep you posted as the game moves along this morning.

--It's a less-than-capacity crowd here, to say the least. I'm sure that'll be a different story tonight, when Panther Creek, Ravenscroft, Middle Creek and Christ School all in action.

--With 2:20 left in the first, it's 8-3 Enloe. Neither team can find a rythm offensively.

--Not much has happened since that ^^ post. 10-3 after the first quarter. Apex is blowing layups, wide-open three's and having far too many turnovers to do anything right.

--Apex and Enloe are throwing up enough bricks to build an apartment complex! It's been 13-3 for an eternity.

--With three minutes left in the second, Apex has gotten a backdoor layup from Adam Perry and a goaltending call to make it seven.Unfortunatley, Enloe has 19. 19-7 your score

--Credit Weston Murphy for staying with it. He boards his own miss twice and gets the old-fashioned three-point play to go. Melvin Tabb has gotten two put-back, one of them a dunk, to make it 23-12.

--Scary moment as Enloe's Charles Ashley stays on the ground for several minutes after thumping his head against the floor after falling on the shot. Ashley walks off on his own power, to the applause of all in attendance.

--Courtney Pulley of Enloe gets a friendly bounce on his 3-point shot to make it 26-12 with 30 seconds left in the first half, and that's your score going into halftime.

--Down goes the server! Down goes the server!

--I'm at Bruegger's on Hillsborough St., the only place I know where I can for sure get some internet around here. Here's what happened after the server went down (I typed it out in a text document, aren't I committed?)

--No sooner does Apex cuts the lead to four, at 32-28, than does Enloe increase it 10. 38-28 Enloe early in the third.

--Apex had a nice third quarter, fueled by 10 points from Weston Murphy. The kid is making a name for himself here, scoring at ease against not only Ryan Kelly and Matt Wilson, but now Melvin Tabb.

-- Just 2:28 left, it's Enloe 41, Apex 34.

--A Murphy lay-in off a nice Kyle Waters pass makes it 43-36. Here comes Apex.

--Enloe starts to hold the ball with 1:30 left, and Apex is forced to foul. Emanuel Chapman hits two to make it 45-36, 1:20 to play.

--Apex's Kyle Waters with the two. 45-38 with 1:01 left.

--Tabb blows what could've been a wide-open dunk by kicking the pass out of bounds. Huge break for Apex.

--Waters drives and dishes to Houston Hawley, who scores after a nice pump fake gets Tabb airborne. Timeout Apex. 40.4 seconds left, down 45-40.

--Enloe's Pulley misses the front end of the 1-and-1 and Murphy slams the ball out of bounds off Tabb. Cougars ball with a chance to cut it down to one possession. Incredible how they'd scrapped their way back into it.

--Waters misses a wide-open 3-pointer that would've cut it to two. Apex has to foul and Jared Blakney hits both free throws. 47-40 now.

--Mike Fogg misses a three, and this one is all but over. Enloe shooting two, up 47-40 with 7.4 seconds left.

--It was a valiant effort for Apex, especially considering how poorly it started. A few converted layups here and some knocked down 3-pointers there, and this could've gone the other way. Enloe wins it though, 48-40.

--Leading the way for Apex was Weston Murphy with 21. Melvin Tabb led Enloe with 14. Those two were the only players in double-figures.

--Apex's Weston Murphy hits a 3 to go up 7-5, but it's quickly erased as Matt Wilson and Ryan Kelly get dunks. How Apex matches up with the height will determine how long they can hang in it.

--After the first quarter, it's 17-7. Apex is doing a good job defensively, but you've got to wonder where the scoring's going to come from. Story all year for the Cougars, really...

--It's 34-16 in Ravenscroft's favor with 2:45 left in the second. Apex is getting open shots from their offense, but haven't been able to knock anything down.

--Apex's Adam Perry hits an up-and-under layup that has the crowd in awe. Getting the shot off when you've got a 7-footer like Wilson on you is awfully hard.

--At half, it's 42-24 Ravenscroft. Murphy hit a three with less than 10 seconds on the clock, and is Apex's lone scoring option at this point.

--Weston Murphy beats Wilson off the dribble and lays it over top Kelly. The kid is having a monster game. He's the third-best player on the floor tonight, behind only Kelly and the point guard

--Murphy, who had 11 points at half, comes out firing and Apex is climbing back into it - granted, it's 46-30.

--Apex had cut it to 13, but some transition points fueled by point guard Madison Jones (can't believe that kid is a freshman!) have made this thing a 54-36 game after three.

--Weston Murphy has to have 20+ at this point. He's the sole reason why Apex has it back down to 13 points with 5 minutes left in the fourth. 58-45 Ravenscroft.

--Murphy blows by Wilson and lays it in overtop Kelly. He's having a monster game, and I'd say he's the third-best player on the court behind only Kelly and the point guard Jones.

--Apex, clearly winded, has allowed a wide-open dunk to Wilson in transition and a and-one to another Ravenscroft player. It's 67-50 pending the free throw. 2:04 left.

--Kelly and Wilson are cooling on the bench, and now so is Weston Murphy, who got a nice applause as he went to the bench. 13 ticks left, 71-56 Ravenscroft.

--This one is in the books. Apex showed well in this one, a lot better than I expected. Murphy, at final count, had a game-high 23 points. Wilson had 18 and Kelly had 21.

--After a breakaway steal and lay-in, Earnest Ross was met with a host of boos by the thrill-seeking crowd here in the first.

--Enloe's Melvin Tabb (top-50 player, 2010 class) didn't play the first quarter, but has played in each quarter since.

--PC's Brandon Oliver had a steal and 3-pointer as time expired in the first makes it 20-14 in Panther Creek's favor.

--Twice now, Panther Creek has gotten the basket they wanted right before the quarter expired. Brandon Oliver zipped a backdoor pass to Earnest Ross, who was hacked as he went for the layup with 3.8 seconds left. 39-26, Panther Creek.

--Ross throws one down this time in the open court, making it 47-26 Panther Creek

--Just a thought, but a PC win here should make them No. 1 in the county for public schools. This would be the answer that it needed after barely beating Green Hope and failing to blowout Lee County (both of those games were played right before the break).

--The Catamounts go to sleep for awhile, but when they need it, they get a basket. Earnest Ross hits a 22-footer as the buzzer expires and Enloe looks down-and-out going into the fourth.

--After three, it's Panther Creek 50, Enloe 29

--Panther Creek is having a hard time staying in control, and maybe that's to be expected. Enloe isn't undefeated for no reason and the Eagles have cut it to 57-41.

--Apex and Ravenscroft are next and it is standing-room-only here at Holliday Gym. Apex is the defending East Regional 4-A champions and Ravenscroft has Ryan Kelly, on his way to Duke next year.

--The crowd starts to boo PC for holding the ball at about the three-minute mark. The Catamounts call a timeout and score immediatley as Marquest Oliver throws it down unmolested in the middle of the lane.

--Enloe has it down to 13, but I think they may have already ran out of time. It's 59-46 with 1:36 remaining. But if they for some reason do come back, then what a game it'd be...

--Panther Creek wins big, 61-46