Nanih Waiya kicked off the basketball season with a short trip to Dekalb and came back with two wins over Kemper Academy.
The Lady Warriors took a hard-fought 32-24 win while the Warriors had little trouble and took a 67-32 win in the boys contest.
The Warriors return to action this week with a single contest at home against French Camp on Thursday night. Both teams will be off for the Thanksgiving break and return to action on Nov. 27 as they travel to Winona Christian and then host Columbus Christian on Nov. 29. On Saturday, Nov. 1, Nanih Waiya will play at Winston Academy.
Nanih Waiya boys 67,
Kemper Academy 32
The Warriors used a big second period to pull away from the Rams on Saturday in their first game of the season.
The Warriors led 14-10 at the end of the first period but then outscored the Rams 24-2 and led 38-12 at the end of the first half. The Warriors continued to extend the lead in the second half, outscoring Kemper 15-12 in the third and 14-8 in the fourth.
Jaynus Williams led the Warriors in scoring with 17 points on 8-of-10 shooting. Rodney Welch had 14 points while Tyquan McCully had 10 points. Izaiaha Nicholson had eight points while Trey McMullan had seven points. Ethan Dailey had six points while Jordan Higginbotham added five points. Dailey led the Warriors on the boards with eight rebounds while Nicholson and Welch each had seven rebounds apiece. Williams and Higginbotham each had five steals and four rebounds apiece while McMullan led the team with seven assists. Higginbotham also had four blocks and six deflections for the Warriors.
Nanih Waiya girls 32,
Kemper Academy 24
The Lady Warriors jumped out to a big lead in the first period and maintained that lead throughout the game to take an eight-point win over the Lady Rams.
The Lady Rams outscored Kemper 15-9 in the first and 6-4 in the second to lead 21-13 at the half. Each team scored 11 points in the second half as the Lady Warriors held on for an 8-point win.
Dallyn Nance had 11 points while Hanna Higginbotham and T.J. Redhouse each had six points apiece.
