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Byrd scores 18 points for DEA Clifford Byrd tossed in 18 points as David Emanuel held off an upset minded Trinity Christian team 46-40 last Saturday in Dublin. With the win, DEA improved to 11-0 on the season and will face defending state champion Robert Toombs this Friday in Lyons in a big GISA region 2-A contest. Jared Flowers had eight points and seven rebounds while Dawda Njie and Logan Salter each finished with six and Casey Clark and Joseph Sparks each had four points. "I am pleased that we were able to go into a hostile environment against a very sound AAbasketball team and come out with a victory. We needed a game like this to find our character," said DEA Head Coach Stacy Sikes. Trinity kept the game close by playing a deliberate style of play and slowing down the tempo. On Friday night, DEA cruised to an easy 68-22 win over Thomas Jefferson to improve to 3-0 in region play. Dawda Njie scored 19 points and pulled down 16 rebounds while Jared Flowers had 16 points and ten rebounds. Joseph Sparks had 12 points and Casey Clark had six points and 13 rebounds. Clifford Byrd had eight points and six assist while Brandon Blount scored three and Greg Glover and John Mark Sweat each finished with two. "It was a game that a lot of people were marking on their calendar," said Sikes. "It has become an intense rivalry between the two schools. Dawda came out with an intensity that I had not seen before out of him. His 15 boards by halftime really set the tone for the game." The basketball week started with a 64-19 route over visiting Edmund Burke Academy. Logan Salter led the team with 18 points, six steals, five assists and seven rebounds while Casey Clark finished with 12 points and five boards. Clifford Byrd had 10 points and Dawda Njie finished with eight points and six rebounds. Greg Glover tossed in eight points and Jared Flowers and Brandon Blount each finished with four. "Logan Salter really picked up his game to a new level tonight" said Sikes. He really made everyone else on his team better by his play tonight. It turned into a total team effort that I'm proud of." The B-team boys won two games last week as they downed Edmund Burke 32-29 and Thomas Jefferson 35-33. In the win over EBA, Hudson Johnson tossed in 12 points and Caleb Morris added 10. Ryan Sparks with six and Joseph Powell with four rounded out the DEA scoring. Ryan Sparks had 20 in the win over TJA and Hudson Johnson finished with 10. Caleb Morris with three and Luis Quinones with two also scored for DEA. After the varsity game at Robert Toombs on Friday, DEA will host Twiggs Academy on Saturday night before traveling to Savannah on Tuesday to face Bethesda in another region contest starting at 6:30.
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