By Staff
WDN Staff, Wire Rreport
Defense and conditioning powered the West to victory as it topped the East 62-55 at the East-West game in Greensboro on Monday.
Both teams are comprised of the best graduated seniors in the state, and this year the West squad got revenge for its loss last season.
Williamston star guard Katie Paschal powered the East squad as she scored a team-high 10 points, shooting 3-3 from the field and going 4-6 from the line.
Despite the loss Paschal, who will be playing basketball at East Carolina this season, said she enjoyed her time playing in the all-star game.
“It was really fun,” Paschal said. “I played with four of my AAU teammates on the East team and my roommate (fellow Pirate freshman Alana Beroth) played on the West team, so I knew a lot of the girls. It was just a great way to finish my high school career.”
The game was split up into four quarters, with each player getting five minutes a quarter. However, with the East rallying late in the game Paschal played eight minutes in the final stanza.
Paschal’s former nemesis turned East teammate Quinyotta Pettaway of Perquimans racked up eight points while grabbing a team-high 10 rebounds.
The West was led by guard Shannon Smith of Gastonia Forestview who scored a game-high 15 points en route to being named the game’s MVP.
The West built up an early lead playing an up-tempo style, but the East clawed back to tie the game at 53 with 4:31 left to play. However, the West slammed the door shut on the East, out-scoring it 9-2 down the stretch.
“We did our best to come back, because they were beating us by a lot,” Paschal said. “I guess we just ran out of gas.”
Mabry free throws give East a wild 99-98 come-from-behind win
NCHIGH Sports Information
GREENSBORO – Rocky Mount’s Tashawn Mabry canned two free throws with four seconds remaining to give the East a 99-98 victory over the West in the NCCA East-West All-Star Men’s Basketball Game at the Greensboro Coliseum Greensboro Monday night.
The East rallied from a one-time 17-point deficit. It trailed at halftime 56-44 and at the end of the third quarter 77-66.
The East’s Reggie Bullock of Kinston High was voted the MVP of the game. Bullock, a 6-7 guard who will be headed to North Carolina, scored 20 points on 8 of 19 shooting from the floor, grabbed 10 rebounds, doled out five assists and made three steals. Bullock was named a McDonald’s All-America and was the N.C. Gatorade Player of the Year.
Mabry, who is bound to Rhode Island, scored 17 points for his high school coach Mike Gainey, head coach of the East squad.
Enka’s Corey Hensley led all scorers with 22 points followed by Hopewell teammates 
Jordan Downing and and De’Mon Brooks with 13 each.
East-West girls’ box score
WEST (62) — Shannon Smith 5-15 4-6 15, Chelsea Connelly 3-9 5-6 11, Kelsey Harris 3-74-5 10, Lindsy Wright 3-6 1-2 7, Cheyenne Parker 3-9 0-4 6, Alana Beroth 2-7 0-2 4, Nyshia Hammonds 2-9 0-0 4, Victoria Davis 1-8 0-0 2, Lauren Lewis 1-6 0-0 2, Karlee Taylor 0-4 1-2 1. Totals 23-80 15-27 62.
EAST (55) — Katie Paschal 3-3 4-6 10, Quinyotta Pettaway 3-8 2-4 8, Kayla Harris 1-4 5-7 7, Rena Wakama 2-13 2-2 6, Nashika Williams 3-12 0-0 6, Amber Nichols 1-5 4-8 6, Kristen Lyon 2-9 1-2 5, Markeisha Gatling 2-3 1-1 5, Alishia Mosley 1-8 0-0 2, Casey Elliott 0-0 0-0 0. Totals 18-65 19-30 55.
Halftime—West, 35-29.
East-West boys’ box score
West  26 30 21 21 — 98
East    19 25  22  33 — 99
West: Sumner 8, Ingram 9, Downing 13, Brooks 13, Hensley 22, Toomey 7, Cheek 4, Bethea 3, Shelton 7, Carrier 12.
East: Chapman 6, Hines 6, Williams 10, Bullock 20, Mabry 17, Carpenter 4, Williams 4, Brewington 3, Lliteras 10, Ross 19.