Royse City 59, Greenville 43
January 15, 2011

ROYSE CITY -- An 18-5 advantage in the first quarter propelled the Royse City Bulldogs to a 59-43 District 13-4A win over Greenville on Friday.

"We started the game out 20-5 (down) and kind of woke up in the second quarter," said Lions coach Marcus Smith.

Greenville battled back to close to within four points in the third quarter.

"The game got away from us at the end," said Smith.

Bryan Wyrick paced Royse City with 10 points.

Dartanon Wilson led the Lions and all scorers with 17 points.

Greenville dropped to 1-3 in district play while Royse City improved to 2-2.

Varsity boys

Greenville 5 16 14 8 --43

Royse City 18 15 9 17 --59

G: Jaquentin Patt 4, Ladarrien Davis 7, Sawyer Harmon 1, Dartanon Wilson 17, Oshay Carter 8, Kenneth Neal 6.

RC: George Gomez 5, Alex Williams 2, Matt Stone 4, Juan Cunningham 6, Joseph Beck 5, Trey Bowers 8, Jamie Briceno 8, David Frye 7, Michael Webb 4, Bryan Wyrick 10.

Record: G 5-18, 1-3; RC 10-11, 2-2.

Next game: Denison at Greenville, Tuesday.

Junior varsity boys

Greenville 11 8 14 12 --45

Royse City 18 10 17 23 --68

G: Jamar Clark 11, Jarrett Forst 8.

RC: Dehmer 18, Wanton 17.

Freshman boys

Greenville 9 8 10 16 11 --54

Royse City 11 13 12 7 1 --44

G: Jackson Watts 14, Jerry Dickeson 14.

RC: Gonzales 13, Warner 11.