Camden Fuquay tallied 10 of his team-high 20 points in the second quarter, including the basket that put Jordan-Matthews ahead to stay midway through the frame, as the Jets completed a sweep of their season series with arch-rival
Chatham Central for the first time since 2015 by posting a 54-43 non-conference triumph Wednesday evening in Gerald L. Binkley Gymnasium.
The victory evened J-M’s record at 3-3, while the Bears dropped to 1-5 overall.
Joining Fuquay in double figures for the winners were Seth Moore and Huston Causey, who totaled 11 points apiece, as Jordan-Matthews connected on 16-of-36 (44%) of its field goal attempts and held a 20-19 edge in rebounds while turning the ball over 10 times.
Michael Moore fired in a game-high 23 points for Chatham Central, which shot 12-of-38 (32%) from the floor while committing nine turnovers.
With Michael Moore scoring all of his team’s points in the first 4:15 of play, the Bears surged to an early 8-2 lead before three-pointers from Seth Moore and Fuquay helped to pull the Jets within 13-10 after one period.
Fuquay’s drive off the left baseline with 4:09 remaining in the second stanza then broke a 17-all stalemate and ignited a 16-7 quarter-ending run that propelled J-M into a 33-24 advantage at halftime.
Following a layup by Jordan-Matthews’ Brayden Teague to start the third period, Chatham Central trimmed its deficit to 35-29 on Jamieon Degraffenreaidt’s layup with 3:52 left in the frame prior to Seth Moore’s trey from the left wing and two Fuquay charity tosses that sent the Jets into the fourth quarter with an 11-point lead.
After back-to-back hoops by the Bears’ Nik Wilson narrowed the gap to 43-35 with 5:11 to go in the contest, a pair of Fuquay foul shots culminated an 8-3 J-M burst that gave Jordan-Matthews its biggest advantage of the night at 51-38 with 44 seconds left and Chatham Central never got closer than 10 in the time remaining.
J-M 10 23 7 14 – 54
CC 13 11 5 14 – 43
Jordan-Matthews (3-3) – Fuquay 6 7-9 20 Matthews 1 0-0 2 Teague 1 0-0 2 Campbell 0 0-0 0 SMoore 2 5-6 11 Waden 0 1-2 1 Woods 2 1-4 5, TMoore 1 0-0 2 Johnson 0 0-0 0 Causey 3 2-3 11. Totals 16 16-24 54.
Chatham Central (1-5) – Dodson 0 0-0 0 MMoore 6 11-12 23 Cheek 1 1-3 4 Degraffenreaidt 3 1-2 8 Skertich 0 1-2 1 Wilson 2 3-4 7 Lagenor 0 0-0 0. Totals 12 17-23 43.
Halftime-Jordan-Matthews, 33-24. Three-point goals-Jordan-Matthews 6-15 (Causey 3-6, SMoore 2-3, Fuquay 1-3, Waden 0-1, Matthews 0-1, Campbell 0-1); Chatham Central 2-13 (Cheek 1-3, Degraffenreaidt 1-6, Dodson 0-1, Skertich 0-1, MMoore 0-2). Fouled out-Cheek. Rebounds-Jordan-Matthews 20 (Fuquay 6); Chatham Central 19 (MMoore 9). Turnovers-Jordan-Matthews 10; Chatham Central 9 Total fouls-Jordan-Matthews 18; Chatham Central 20.