Orane Coach Greg Motley (And a Guest) Talk the Triton Win
Lots of players stepped up in the 2nd half of Orange’s win over Triton. But in the first half, when the Panthers struggled offensively, Chandler Compton came off the bench for six vital points. Coach Greg Motley discussed the important factors in Orange’s sixth playoff victory in the last three years.
Greg Motley (and a guest) Discuss Orange’s Win over Triton
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Connor Crabtree Talks Orange’s Win over Triton
Crabtree scored 26 points as the Panthers won a game in the state playoffs for the third straight year, 74-39 over Triton.
Connor Crabtree talks Orange’s win over Triton
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Orange Coach Greg Motley on Winning the Big 8 Title
For the first time since Greg Motley became coach of Orange Basketball in 1998, the Panthers won a conference tournament by beating Southern Durham 68-65 on Friday night.
Greg Motley Discusses Orange’s Big 8 Tournament Title
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Daniel Mulligan on Winning Big 8 Title
With Southern Durham’s defense taking the ball out of Connor Crabtree’s hands, Orange wouldn’t have captured its first postseason tournament championship in modern history without a 27 point game from Daniel Mulligan.
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Demares Drummond & Reggie Bradsher Discuss Beating Southern
The Orange basketball team got huge contributions from Daniel Mulligan, Logan Vosburg and Connor Crabtree in the scoring column in Friday’s victory over Southern Durham, but Demares Drummond and Reggie Bradsher were instrumental in handling the ball against the Spartans’ fierce defense. They discussed the victory after the game at Chapel Hill High.
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Orange Heads to Big 8 Final After Win over CRHS
After winning ten of its last eleven, there was more than hope within the Cedar Ridge basketball camp that Wednesday night would be the night they could gain the elusive win over Orange in the Big 8 Semifinal.
There was not only proof they could play with anyone. They could beat anyone. They had won 10 of its last 11. They defeated Southern Durham less than three weeks ago, still the only team in the Big 8 to accomplish that this season. The very next night, Southern blew out Orange 81-62, despite losing leading scorer J’Tori Christmas 80 seconds into the game with an injured ankle.
All of that hope dissipated within seconds at Orange High Gymansium on Wednesday night.
The Panthers defeated the Red Wolves 76-62 in the Big 8 Semifinals at Jim King Gymnasium. With the win, the Panthers will face Southern again, this time for the Big 8 Championship on Friday night at Chapel Hill High School. Game time will be 7:30. You can hear the game on Hillsboroughsports.com.
There was some good news for the Red Wolves. Southern defeated Northern Vance 83-54, meaning Cedar Ridge will make the 3-A state playoffs as the third seed from the Big 8. The announcement of the state playoff field will be made on Saturday.
With the win, Orange improves to 16-8. Cedar Ridge drops to 17-8.
Peyton Pappas opened the game with a transition layup off a blocked shot by Jacob Thomas. It was Cedar Ridge’s only lead of the game. Not only that, but only one other CRHS player aside from Jacob Thomas scored a field goal in the first half, a Khalil Barnett jumper in the second quarter long after the Panthers had established a double-digit lead.
As usual, Orange’s Connor Crabtree was the X factor, finishing with 28 points. He hit consecutive 3-pointers in the first quarter, and finished with 10 points in the opening stanza. Daniel Mulligan, who ended with 11 points, scored on a reverse layup with :40 remaining to put Orange ahead 21-10 to finish the first quarter.
Thomas kept Cear Ridge in the game during the second quarter with nine points. He finished with 23. But after Cameron Cavanaugh hit a three-pointer, followed by Logan Vosburg’s spinning lay in that put Orange ahead 27-15, the Red Wolves never got the deficit below ten points again.
The Cedar Ridge transition games was slowed by the Panthers. Pappas finished with 12 points, but eight of those came from the foul line.
“Once he gave up the ball, we tried to keep him from getting it back. We know he handles the ball well in transition, and we tried to limit that tonight.” Orange coach Greg Motley.
Now, Orange focuses on something that’s been elusive: a conference tournament championship. Since Motley became head coach of Orange in 1998, the Panthers have never won one.
To do it, they’ll have to defeat a Southern Durham team that won the last Big 8 Tournament championship in 2014 against Orange. In the same building where they won it two years ago (Last year’s tournament was cancelled because of snow).
The victory by Orange means the Panthers will be the 2nd-seed from the Big 8 conference, which likely means a home game in the opening round of the playoffs.
Cedar Ridge: 10 15 19 18 = 62
Orange: 21 20 16 19 = 76
Cedar Ridge: Peyton Pappas 12, Khalil Barnett 8, Shane Evans 2, Jonathan Hall 2, Jacob Thomas 22, Terrrence Crawford 8, Colby Cashaw 1.
Ornage: Cameron Cavanaugh 3, Reggie Bradsher 5, Alex Long 5, Connor Crabtree 28, Daniel Mulligan 11, Logan Vosburg 21, Marquise Phelps 1, Jace-Jordan Cornell 2.
Greg Motley Talks Orange’s Win over CRHS
The Orange Panthers are headed to the Big 8 Tournament championship game after beating Cedar Ridge 76-62 on Wednesday night. Connor Crabtree scored 28 points. Coach Greg Motley discussed the win, and what’s ahead in Friday night’s Big 8 Tournament Championship game against Southern Durham at Chapel Hill High. Game time will be 7:30.
Greg Motley Talks Orange’ Win over Cedar Ridge
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