Just one day after her fraternal twin sister broke the school's career assists record, Brittany Murdock broke Middle Creek's career record for 3-pointers. Both sisters are in their fourth season on the Lady Mustangs' varsity roster.
Murdock breaks MC record for career assists
Submitted by jmikeblake on 01/04/2011 - 20:53
Middle Creek senior Casey Murdock (pictured above, No. 5 in red) broke the school's career assist mark last night in a 62-42 win over Fuquay-Varina.
Murdock has 160 and counting, breaking Kristi Gardner's old mark of 156. Murdock, a four-year varsity point guard, has 29 through 13 games.
Area girls basketball standings
Submitted by timstevens on 01/04/2011 - 13:59Greater Neuse leaders East Wake and Southeast Raleigh play tonight in girls basketball. Millbrook and Enloe share Cap Eight lead. Green Hope tops Tri-Nine.
N&O area girls basketball scoring leaders
Submitted by timstevens on 01/04/2011 - 13:31Kristen Gaffney of Green Hope leads area girls in scoring.
N&O girls basketball rankings
Submitted by timstevens on 01/04/2011 - 13:10Green Hope, the state 4-A runner-up in 2010, is No. 1 in The News & Observer high school girls basketball rankings.
The Falcons have lost two games in the past two seasons, both to 2010 4-A champion Matthews Butler.
Millbrook, the GlaxoSmithKline Invitational girls champion, is second in the rankings.
Southeast Raleigh, which is No. 3, plays at No. 5 East Wake on Tuesday, Jan. 4.
Cary girls win Chatlee Shootout
Submitted by jmikeblake on 01/03/2011 - 19:18
The only team from the Tri-Nine, boys or girls, to enter a holiday tournament and come out a champion was the Cary High girls basketball team.
On the Recruiting Front: Dukes' big week garnering interest
Submitted by jmikeblake on 01/02/2011 - 18:38
Dakota Dukes, junior, Cary Christian girls basketball
Dakota Dukes is nearing 2,000 points in her career at Cary Christian, but she was relatively unknown in the area prior to last week's 2010 girls GlaxoSmithKline Holiday Invitational.
Dukes was already well-known to college recruiters, however. According to her coach Carmen Javaux, Dukes is being recruited by Elon, Western Carolina and Princeton, among others.
On the Recruiting Front: Bursey has her options
Submitted by jmikeblake on 01/02/2011 - 13:59
Ariel Bursey, senior, Western Harnett girls basketball
UNC-Chapel Hill head coach Sylvia Hatchell saw Ariel Bursey's first game in last week's girls GlaxoSmithKline Holiday Invitational. Bursey's older sister, Trinity, played for Hatchell at UNC.
But UNC is not one of the schools Bursey is likely to go to. The senior is considering South Carolina, Campbell, UNC-Greensboro and East Carolina.
Girls GSK records, points, All-Glaxo teams
Submitted by jmikeblake on 12/31/2010 - 08:37Several girls GlaxoSmithKline Holiday Invitational records fell this week, which was to be expected when doubling the field size.
LIVE BLOG: Final day, girls Glaxo
Submitted by jmikeblake on 12/30/2010 - 12:48Final Girls Glaxo standings: 1. Millbrook, 2. Southeast Raleigh, 3. Middle Creek, 4. Enloe, 5. Northern Durham 6. Clayton 7. Cary Christian 8. Western Harnett
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