Mullins boys basketball team off to 13-2 start
Four Auctioneers selected to All-Region football team
Mullins – The Mullins High School boys basketball team has been
very successful under head coach Eric Troy the past few seasons. It
looks like this year is going to be more of the same.
The Auctioneers returned four starters from last year’s 20-8 team,
and are 13-2 overall More importantly, MHS is 3-1 in Region 7-AA.
“The team is playing up to my expectations,” Troy said. “We only
had one senior starter last year, so most of the team has experience. The
team has grown accustomed to winning and what it takes to win.”
The returning starters are senior Ernest Ford, juniors Deyon Ford
and Braden Vereen and sophomore Dakarai Worley. Deyon Ford leads
the team in scoring and assists with averages of 17.5 points and 3.5
assists, respectively. He’s also averaging 3.2 steals and 2.8 rebounds.
Worley is averaging 14.2 points and is just missing out on a
double-double, leading the team in rebounding with a 9.5 average. He
also leads in steals at 3.8 and averages 2.7 assists.
Ernest Ford is averaging 6.5 points, 2.9 rebounds and 2.8 assists,
while Vereen is averaging 2.1 points and 3.6 rebounds. The fifth starter
is junior Ayntwain Crawford, who is averaging 4.8 points and 4.2
rebounds.
Troy uses his 15-player roster liberally with each player having
played at least five games. Nine have played in all 13 games and two
others have played in double-figure games.
The remainder of the team is made up of sophomore KJ Ford,
sophomore Keith Bridgett, junior Amir Lee, senior Jeremie Page, senior
Mykell Raysor, junior Andre Littlejohn, junior Christian Cornejo-
Garcia, senior Lonnie Alston, junior Jose Sanchez and junior James
Graves.
Lee is the top scorer off the bench with a 4.9 average to go with
4.1 rebounds. Page and Littlejohn are both averaging 3.3 points, while
Cornejo-Garcia is averaging 24 points and 2.3 rebounds.
Troy said the Auctioneers need to concentrate on becoming more
fundamentally sound.
"We need to improve on our free throws, turnovers and
situational awareness,” said Troy, who is in his sixth season as head
coach.
FOUR AUCTIONEERS FOOTBALL ALL-REGION PICKS
Seniors Lonnie Alston and Jamell Crawford and juniors Andre
Littlejohn and KaNazzion Bethea were selected to the All-Region 7
football team.
Alston, selected as a defensive tackle, had 54 tackles and 19
tackles for loss for the Auctioneers, who went 7-4 and reached the state
playoffs after starting the season on a 15-game losing streak. Alston also
had two quarterback sacks.
