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Norfolk Collegiate basketball played disciplined Friday. Basketball patient.

exciting basketball?

Well, no, but Robles did what they wanted to do with Richard Walsingham Academy Washington in a 51-37 victory in the independent tide Conference championship game Christian schools of children in Norfolk.

In the final girls, TCIS the most outstanding player Birdsong Harper scored 16 of his game-high 28 points over the final 10:57 in leading the Saints to a 53-47 victory over Cape Henry.

Walsingham's frustration grew as the match progressed.

"My best player could not get a shot off tonight," said Trojans coach Billy Barnes, Washington, which is Wake Forest-bound. Washington scored the first four points of Walsingham and did not see the ball for the next 2 ½ quarters, until the matter was no longer in doubt. He hit two 3-pointers in the fourth quarter when it was bombs away.

Jaylin Stewart was the top scorer with 23 points - 19 of them in a fourth period in which he made on March 5 points and was 4 for 4 from the free throw line. The six came from being dirtied Stewart during filming beyond the fringe.

All this followed a third quarter in which was passed 10-0 Walsingham.

Tonight James Hurley and Jakeim Robertson took turns to deny outside Washington, and several Oaks saved Walsingham Dusan Vicentic to get the ball inside. He scored only four points.

All other played an area of ​​three men. It is called a trick defense. A defense trash. In this case, an effective defense - and one against the Chartered grain.

"Our natural way is to run," said coach Jim Markey. "We shared the ball very well. I guess we average 70 points per game. ... We had a game plan for what the defense gave us."

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