Roadrunners Handle Greater Houston Prep

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Corinthian Ramsey of Angelina College glides in for two of his team-high 24 points during Saturday’s game at Shands Gymnasium. The Roadrunners held off Greater Houston Prep 90-84 to move to 2-2 on the season. (Photo: DeShun Pham-Adams | AC News Photo)
Corinthian Ramsey of Angelina College glides in for two of his team-high 24 points during Saturday’s game at Shands Gymnasium. The Roadrunners held off Greater Houston Prep 90-84 to move to 2-2 on the season. (Photo: DeShun Pham-Adams | AC News Photo)

Sure, Angelina College head coach Todd Neighbors wanted to win, but trying out different looks with his new roster took precedence in Saturday’s game with Greater Houston Prep.

The Roadrunners, rotating lineups the entire game, held off a surprisingly tough Prep team 90-84 at Shands Gymnasium.

Corinthian Ramsey led the way with 24 points and five assists, Gary Blackston battled his way inside for a 12-point, 10-rebound double-double and Trenty Brinkley scored 11 points to lead AC to the home win. Kahari Beaufort and Shane Temara added nine points each.

Eric Bolding led GHP with 25 points and nine rebounds; Landin Brown added 16 points.

After opening up an 18-point first-half lead, AC began tinkering with different rotations with mixed results. GHP cut the Roadrunner lead to two points with just 41 seconds to play; but Ramsey and Trent Brinkley teamed up to go 6-for-6 from the free-throw line in the final seconds to seal the win.

The Roadrunners (2-2) will be the visitors on Tuesday as they visit Greater Houston Prep in Houston. Game time is 5 p.m.

The e-mail address for AC’s Sports Information Director is gstallard@angelina.edu.

 

Gary Stallard
Sports Information Director Gary Stallard, who also serves as a Liberal Arts Instructor, begins his eleventh season with Angelina College. Following a career as a U.S. Marine, Stallard completed his bachelor’s degree at Stephen F. Austin University, where he majored in English and Journalism. For more than 16 years, he has worked as a sports writer/columnist/photographer for the Lufkin Daily News; he continues to contribute free-lance articles on occasion. Stallard has won several awards for writing, including the Golden Hoops Award for basketball writing in 2003, Regional Sports Writer of the Year in 2004, and the Texas Press Association’s first-place award for column writing in 2007 and in 2014. He has also done basketball, football and baseball radio and live streaming play-by- play and color commentary for an ESPN affiliate. Currently Stallard serves as play-by-play broadcaster for AC basketball, baseball and softball games. Prior to arriving at Angelina College, Stallard taught English at Lufkin High School for four years. He currently teaches Developmental Writing classes at AC. He and his wife Susan live in Lufkin.

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