Lions drop home opener
November 21, 2010

By David Claybourn
Herald-Banner Sports Editor

West Mesquite spoiled Greenville's home basketball opener on Saturday evening, handing the Lions an 83-36 loss.

Greenville stayed within range in the first half despite a slow start but was outscored 21-6 and 31-10 over the last two periods.

"That first quarter got us and that third quarter," said the Lions' coach Marcus Smith. "We started off too slow. I was proud of the defense the first half."

The Lions' defense helped them stay within 31-20 for the first half.

"The second half we got tired, either that or we kept turning the ball over and lost our desire to play defense," said Smith.

Greenville went scoreless for the first 6:40 to trail 11-0.

West Mesquite, which stayed undefeated at 2-0, spread its scoring around among Braylon Rayson (13 points), Jerome Lyles (13), Trey Seville (12), Tyrone Davis (11) and Nate Davis (10).

Dartanon Wilson paced the Lions with 10 points. Ladarrien Davis and Marquise Taylor both added six points and Sawyer Harmon and Kenneth Neal both pitched in five points.

Greenville, which opened with a 65-45 loss on Tuesday to Marshall, dropped to 0-2 for the season.

Varsity boys

West Mesquite 13 18 21 31 --83

Greenville 4 16 6 10 --36

WM: Trey Seville 12, Braylon Rayson 13, Daniel Kinnel 8, Markel Davis 2, Tyrone Davis 11, Nate Davis 10, Anthony Walker 6, Jerome Lyles 13, Charlie Turner 8.

G: Dorian Neal 3, Jaquinton Patt 1, Ladarrien Davis 6, Sawyer Harmon 5, Dartanon Wilson 10, Kenneth Neal 5, Marquise Taylor 6.

Records: WM 2-0, G 0-2.

Next game: Whitehouse at Greenville, 9-B, JV-B, V-B, 5 p.m. Tuesday.

Junior varsity boys

West Mesquite 25 27 16 23 --91

Greenville 8 16 14 20 --58

WM: Ladarious Miller 14, Jordan Johnson 13.

G: Jamar Clark 24, Chris Bazor 14.

Freshman boys

West Mesquite 14 20 11 15 --60

Greenville 19 7 14 16 --56

WM: Ward 26, Ramirez 15.

G: Jerry Don Dickeson 15, Collen Wilburn 13, Marlon Mack 9.