Styles, Parson ignite Kinston to home-opening win over Eastern Wayne
Kinston’s Dontrez Styles throws down one of his six dunks against Eastern Wayne on Wednesday evening. Bud Hardy photo/Neuse News
Eastern Wayne had no answer defensively for Kinston's highly-recruited duo of Dontrez Styles and Isaac Parson, who each posted a double-double on Wednesday evening.
Styles torched the nets for 27 points, snared 10 rebounds and brought the house down with six thunderous dunks during the Vikings' 70-36 pre-Thanksgiving feasting of Eastern Wayne.
Parson tallied 14 points and doled out 11 assists.
"They're inside-out, can do so many things. They're special," Kinston head coach Perry Tyndall said. "Trez was pretty electric tonight. I thought what was most impressive is that he was getting out in the passing lanes, getting steals and run outs where he was in good position on the defensive end of the floor.
"We had good pressure to create those things. He was very unselfish tonight, too. When your best player is out there sharing the ball the way he does, it says a lot about him as a player, but also says a lot about the culture of our guys. Everybody is buying into it."
In all, Kinston had 21 assists as a team on 29 made field goals and consistently turned Eastern Wayne turnovers into offense. The Warriors couldn't overcome 20 first-half miscues and logged a total of 27 for the game.
Tyndall said the effort carried over from last week's season-opening road win at West Carteret.
"Defensively, in the halfcourt, I thought we were really good tonight early and we continued to share the basketball," Tyndall said. "That's the culture we want to create...one more pass, let's find that open man and keep moving that ball. We've got a lot of talent, a lot of guys that can score.
"But we really want to pride ourselves on the other side of the court. We want to play good defense."
Kinston led 50-14 at halftime.
Dontae Ellis chipped in eight points for the Vikings, who are 14-0 against the Warriors since 2007. Jeremy Dixon registered six points, four rebounds and one steal. Will London supplied six points, five rebounds, one assist and one steal.
Kinston’s Michayla Dove emerged as one of three starters in double figures with 15 points in a 68-22 romp over Eastern Wayne on Wednesday evening. Bud Hardy photo/Neuse News
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Kinston's suffocating man-to-man defense produced early offense against Eastern Wayne.
The Vikings scored 10 points off of turnovers during a game-opening 12-0 run and rolled 68-22 over the Warriors.
Zykia Andrews drained six 3-pointers and collected 20 points for the Vikings, who remained perfect in three outings this season. Teammates Michayla Dove knocked down 15 points and Taliyah Jones provided 12 points.
Eastern Wayne (2-2) committed 25 first-half turnovers and a total of 40 for the game.
Kinston entertains West Carteret next Wednesday.
