White Station defeats Germantown, 83-48

<p>White Station’s senior guard <strong>Brandon Brown</strong> has been lights out all season for the Spartans. It’s not a surprise by his teammates nor coaching staff that he’s having a stellar season.</p> <p>After solid performances against Memphis East and Central this week, Brown didn’t slack off Saturday night against Germantown, scoring 15 points to lead the Spartans (11-9) to a convincing 83-48 victory over the Red Devils (3-17).</p> <p>Spartans head coach Jesus Patino pulled his starters early in the third quarter after sophomore forward <strong>Willie Foreman</strong> picked up his second foul. By that time, White Station was up 55-31 and was in full control on both ends of the court.</p> <p>The Spartans jumped out to an 11-3 lead. Foreman knocked down a 3 for White Station’s first points of the game, then <strong>Davon Barnes</strong> and Brown both converted on 3-point plays. Sophomore guard Jalen Tillery scored on back-to-back possessions for Germantown, then junior guard Vincent Thomas scored a layup in traffic to bring the Red Devils within 11-9.</p> <p>Germantown wouldn’t score again as the Spartans tightened up on their defense and forced one turnover after another. White Station ended the first quarter on a 13-0 run that started off with five straight points from Barnes. Barnes finished with 14 points.</p> <p>The Spartans increased their lead to 47-20 at halftime, thanks to another run by Brown and company. Brown scored eight of the team’s final 14 points of the quarter, making things look easy on the offensive end.</p> <p>“We are going to miss him a lot. He does a lot for us,” Patino said about Brown.</p> <p>Twenty games in, Patino is still trying to figure things out and has yet to figure out the identity for his team, despite White Station falling 66-63 to the Mustangs earlier this week. In the loss, Brown had 35 points, but fouled out late in the game when the Spartans needed him.</p> <p>Brown had 34 points in the team’s 88-66 win against Memphis Central Friday night. Hopefully, Brown will continue to play well offensively, especially with another big game coming next Friday against Whitehaven.</p> <p>“In our district, it’s (Memphis) East, Whitehaven, then us,” Patino said. “After that, it’s a toss-up.”</p> <p>Thomas led the Red Devils with 14 points. He was the only player for Germantown to score in double figures.</p> <p><strong>3 takeaways</strong></p> <ul> <li>Germantown was missing one of its best scorers in 6-foot-3 senior guard Charles Tony-Egbuniwe. Red Devils head coach Jon Lanter calls him a “great shooter with good hands.” Tony-Egbuniwe leads Germantown in charges taken and rebounds.</li> <li>Brown is one of the most underrated guards in the state of Tennessee. He’s one of the best scorers in the state, and yet, a lot of people aren’t talking about him.</li> <li>Thomas is averaging 15 points per game for the Red Devils. Going into this week, Thomas was shooting 88 percent from the free throw line. He made 4 of 5 from the line Saturday night.</li> </ul>