For the first time this season, all three W.S. Neal High School basketball teams earned wins Thursday night at home against J.U. Blacksher.
The B-team Eagles earned the first win of the season as they defeated J.U. Blacksher 36-25 to improve to 1-3.
The Lady Eagles of East Brewton won 48-26 to improve to 2-2 and the varsity Eagles won 68-43 to see their record improve to 2-5.
“We have a lot of work to do for the boys and the girls,” W.S. Neal head girls and boys basketball coach Kason Whitten said. “In the girls game, we were not as sharp as we needed to be. Especially playing some of the teams we have coming up. We have to get a lot better. In the boys game, I have never seen that team before. I am happy for them and they are learning how to play. They are not just kids in uniforms, they are becoming basketball players. We are working on fundamentals and still have a lot to do, but I am happy for the kids and happy they are experiencing winning.”
W.S. Neal will be back in action Saturday, Dec. 10 at home against T.R. Miller. Game time is set for 4:30 p.m. The game had been originally scheduled for Friday, Dec. 9.

WSN B-team 36, JUB 25
The W.S. Neal B-team Eagle basketball team picked up their first win of the season Thursday at home as they defeated J.U. Blacksher 36-25.
In their first win Thursday night, W.S. Neal used a 9-0 run in the first quarter to hold a 9-2 lead after the first quarter. In the second quarter, the Eagles added nine more points to their total and held Blacksher to five points to hold an 18-7 lead at the half.
The Eagles increased their lead by four points in the third quarter as they held a 6-2 advantage in the quarter to take a 15-point lead into the fourth quarter.
In the fourth, the Eagles were outscored 16-12 but was able to get the win by 11.
Trey Taylor led W.S. Neal in the win with 11 points and Quantae Barksdale and TyAnthony Alexander both had eight points each.
Tyquis Collins and Antwan Jones both had four points each and Tre Smith added one.
W.S. Neal shot 7-for-17 from the free throw line while Blacksher was 3-for-7.

WSN Lady Eagles 48, JUB 26
Jasmine Crook lead with 17 points and was joined by two other Lady Eagles in double figures as the W.S. Neal Lady Eagles defeated J.U. Blacksher 48-26 Thursday night.
The Lady Eagles used a big first and third quarter to get the win including a 9-0 run in the third that turned a nine-point lead into an 18-point lead heading into the fourth quarter.
The Lady Eagles held a 12-4 lead in the first quarter and held a 22-15 lead over the Lady Bulldogs at the half after being outscored 11-10 in the second quarter.
In the third quarter, W.S. Neal outscored J.U. Blacksher 15-4 in the quarter to hold a 37-19 lead after three quarters of play.
In the fourth, W.S. Neal held an 11-7 advantage to get the win by 22 points.
Along with Crook’s 17 points, Arianna Jones had 13 points and Tiana Smith had 10. Courtney Emmons had four points and Khadijah Barton and Glenasia Butler had two points each.

WSN varsity Eagles 68, JUB 43
After seeing their Lady Eagles have three players in double figures earlier in the night, the W.S. Neal varsity Eagles would not be outdone as they had three of their own in double figures to post a 25-point win over J.U. Blacksher, 68-43.
Trevor Burns led the way for the Eagles with 19 points and was followed by 16 points from Jalen Harrod and 15 from Hudson Brown.
Along with the three double figure scorers for the Eagles, Donovan Millican added eight points and Derrick Hodges and Josiah Nettles had four points each. Nick Straiton added two in the win for the Eagles.
W.S. Neal had nine 3-pointers in the win including four straight in the third quarter that helped lead to a 15-0 run over the third and fourth quarters.
The Eagles started the game out with a 17-9 after one quarter of play and claimed a 30-20 lead at the half following a 13-11 advantage in the second quarter over the Bulldogs.
In the third quarter, W.S. Neal edged out Blacksher 18-11 to hold a 48-31 lead after three quarters of play.
In the fourth, the Eagles started the quarter on a 9-0 run to hold a 57-31 lead with 6:30 left in the game. Blacksher would use a 9-0 run of their own to cut the lead to 57-40 with 4:32 left to play, but the Eagles finished the game on an 11-3 run to get the win by 25 points.