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By Brian Pitts
Enterprise Record

Lucy Portman showed her full potential as the Davie JV girls basketball team dealt a 46-25 drubbing to visiting East Forsyth on Jan. 24.
After coming in with a season high of 10 points, after scoring just two in the previous game, Portman had a head-turning performance as Davie improved its CPC record to 4-1.
The freshman who recently moved to Davie County put up 15 points, turning her game up several notches with an 11-point third quarter, when Davie extended a 16-10 lead to 33-19.
“She’s had sparks of good games,” coach Lamar Russell said. “She doesn’t like to be in the spotlight. She would rather get the ball to her teammates and let them score. She’s going to work hard no matter what.
“When I first met her, I knew she could shoot the ball. But she didn’t seem to have the confidence. But this game, man, what a spark she was. Lucy decided to take it upon herself to start scoring. Lucy could have games like this all the time if she has confidence in herself.”
The War Eagles have been buoyed by Gracyn Coleman, a freshman who scored 12 in her second JV game after spending the first part of the season on varsity. In her two JV games, Davie outscored West Forsyth/East Forsyth 94-36. She scored half her points against East in the fourth, when Davie continued to pour it on the visitors.
“It helps having Gracyn on JV,” Russell said. “She picks up the pace. She just does so many things that are not always noticed.”
Mabyn Morris was third for Davie with six points. Its only CPC loss was to Mt. Tabor, and Davie and Tabor will meet in Winston-Salem on Friday.
“All the girls did something that I thought was impressive,” Russell said. “Sarenity (Miller) was more aggressive and grabbed a few boards. That’s what we’re looking for out of Sarenity.”
Notes: East fell to 2-7. … The first meeting was much closer, with Davie (4-5 overall) winning 35-31 on Dec. 13. … Portman’s grandfather, Bob Portman, is a Creighton basketball luminary. From the Creighton Class of 1969, he was inducted into the Creighton Athletics Hall of Fame in 1982. He’s fourth on the all-time Creighton scoring list with 1,876 points. He’s the career record-holder for per-game scoring average at 24.6. He’s No. 4 in Creighton history with 979 rebounds, or 12.9 per game. He scored a school-record 51 points in one game and has his jersey number retired. Bob was the 7th overall pick in the 1969 NBA Draft by the San Francisco Warriors. He played four seasons.
Davie 46, E. Forsyth 25 – Lucy Portman 15, Gracyn Coleman 12, Mabyn Morris 6, Sarenity Miller 4, Zuria Turner 3, Zahmirah Summers 3, Audrina Bledsoe 2, Emily Hernandez 1.