Hampton 60 Denbigh 37
Top seed and Region 4A host secured a championship game spot by defeating the Denbigh Patriots for the 3rd time this season 60-37.
Senior
Malik Johnson scored 17 points and senior point guard
Daron Baugh added 10 points and seven assists for the Crabbers who maintained a comfortable lead the entire game. Hampton led 13-2 in the 1st quarter and 25-11 with three minurtes to go before halftime.
Denbigh, playing scrappy basketball, trailed 32-16 at halftime but then held hampton scoreless for the 1st four minutes and pulled to within six (39-33) after a layup by
Jeremiah Bren.
Baugh found 6-foot-7 sophomore
Gavin Kay for a dunk followed by back-to-back steals and layups from Baugh and Johnson to extend the margin to 48-34 with 5:13 remaining.
Denbigh wasnt able to get any closer and both teams cleared the benches with the game no longer in doubt.
hampton dominated the boards against the smaller Partriots. Sophomore
Abraham Taft grabbed 14 rebounds while scoring eight points. Kay added 10 reboundsto go along with four blocks.
Denbigh was led by freshman point guard
Kevin Parker who finished with 13 points three assists and three steals.