North Carolina's most successful private school had a national-television audience Friday night as four-time defending 3A/Private School champion
Christ School (Arden) played national power Oak Hill Academy (Mouth of Wilson, Va.) on ESPN2 at Duke's Cameron Indoor Stadium.
It won't be the last time in Cameron for Christ center
Marshall Plumlee or Oak Hill point guard
Quinn Cook, who have both committed to Duke. Plumlee had 10 points, nine rebounds and four blocks, but Cook scored a game-high 26 and added seven assists as Oak Hill won 78-64. Oak Hill, which is ranked 17th in the
MaxPreps Xcellent 25 boys basketball rankings presented by the Army National Guard, led by 16 at the half and was never threatened.
"It's a tremendous experience and we're privileged to come and play at a place like this with so much history and mystique," Plumlee told the Durham Herald-Sun. "I'm just upset that we weren't able to perform better. We struggled."
McDONALD'S ALL-AMERICAN HAILS FROM N.C.Despite the Oak Hill loss, Plumlee can console himself with the fact that he was named one of 24 McDonald's All-Americans. The 7-foot center, whose brothers Miles and Mason currently attend Duke, averages a double-double with 11 points and 10.2 rebounds, to go along with 2.6 blocks a game.
"It's a tremendous honor, a true once in a lifetime opportunity," Plumlee told the Ashville Citizen-Times. "It surprised me, but it's something I've been working for."
The Citizen-Times reports that Plumlee wasn't a star coming into high school — he averaged fewer than two points a game his freshman year.
"It's a tremendous lesson for young kids who aspire to be great," Christ School coach David Gaines told the paper. "So many kids want instant gratification, but I've watched Marshall's passion and enthusiasm for getting better."
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