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Prep Basketball: Yellow Jackets off to a quick 2-0 start

St. Martin’s RJ Keys glides to the hoop for a lay-up vs. Moss Point Tuesday night. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)

By Curtis Rockwell/Sports Director

ST. MARTIN — Don’t look now, but the St. Martin boys basketball team has started off the new season with two big wins.

The Yellow Jackets took down visiting Theodore, Ala. Friday night 65-42 to move to 2-0.

St. Martin senior stalwart point guard R. J. Keys led the Yellow Jackets in both games. Against the Bobcats Friday night, he tallied a game-high 28 points and also pulled down 8 rebounds and 4 assists.

St. Martin’s George Norman stretches out for a slam dunk as Moss Point’s Adrian Arthur defends Tuesday night. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)
St. Martin’s RJ Keys glides to the hoop for a lay-up vs. Moss Point Tuesday night. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)
Moss Point’s Antonio Smoothers drives past St. Martin’s Riley Sanders-Hall Tuesday night. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)

Riley Sanders-Hall added 12 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals and 2 blocks to the winning effort, and George Norman also grabbed seven boards as the Yellow Jackets pulled down 33 rebounds, including 18 on the offensive glass.

On Tuesday night, in the season-opener for both teams, St. Martin headed over to Arthur Haynes Gymnasium on Dantzler Street and knocked off home-standing Moss Point 74–29.

St. Martin’s RJ Keys goes strong to the basket vs. Moss Point Tuesday night. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)
Moss Point’s Xiavion Taylor drives by St. Martin’s Jayden Normand Tuesday night. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)
Moss Point’s Charles Nettles reaches out for the ball between St. Martin’s Cameron Stallworth (23) and Riley Sanders Hall Tuesday night. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)

Keys led the way with 23 points and 6 assists, while Sanders-Hall added 15 points, 7 rebounds and 2 blocks. Tyson Walker put up 11 points and 9 steals, Norman chipped in 9 points and 6 rebounds, and Ethan Anderson added 8 points.

The Yellow Jackets finished with 28 steals on the night. Moss Point got six points from Michael Gill.

St. Martin hosts defending Class 3A state champions St. Stanislaus Tuesday night.

St. Martin’s RJ Keys saves the ball on the baseline vs. Moss Point Tuesday night. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)
Moss Point’s Kenyon McInnis looks for some working room against Riley Sanders-Hall of St. Martin Tuesday night. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)
St. Martin’s Jayden Normand (25) battles Moss Point’s Jariah Miller for the ball as Yellow Jacket RJ Keys reacts Tuesday night. (Photo by Bobby McDuffie)
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