Dec 24, 2009
The Cedar Ridge Red Wolves defeated Graham 78-65 on Wednesday to win the Graham Christmas Tournament.
The game was tight in the first half, but Cedar Ridge held the slight advantage.
In the first quarter, Cedar Ridge outscored Graham 21-17, but both teams scored 22 points in the second quarter.
The Red Wolves led Graham 43-39 at the half.
Cedar Ridge pulled away from Graham in the third quarter with a strong defensive presence.
While holding Graham to just five points in the quarter, Cedar Ridge scored 18-points to pull ahead 61-44 going into the final quarter.
Graham made up some ground, outscoring Cedar Ridge by four points, 21-17, but it ran out of time.
Cedar Ridge was led by Jake Literas with 26 points. Tyler Raynor added 16 points for the Red Wolves, and Blake Tilley and Josh Pappas had 11 and 10 points respectively.
Graham had big performances from Dominique Pass and Marquise Richmond.
Pass scored 21-points against Cedar Ridge, and Richmond came up with 20 points.
With the win, Cedar Ridge advances to 7-0 on the season.
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