WSSU wears down Chowan, runs win streak to 11 games

WINSTON-SALEM, North Carolina  --  The Winston-Salem State Rams aren’t interested in their winning streak.

“We really don’t care about all of that,” Kimani Hunt said after WSSU went to an extra gear in the second half Saturday night to put away quick Chowan 89-76 at the Gaines Center.
 The win streak reached 11 games, WSSU’s longest in 13 seasons, but Coach Bobby Collins and his assistants have yet to mention it to their players.

“It’s really just one game at a time,” Hunt said. “We don’t listen to you or anybody else about the streak because our main goal is to get better each time out.”

The Rams (12-2, 5-0 CIAA) found the going tough against the undersized Hawks (5-8, 0-5).

Chowan starts one player who is 6-7, but the rest of Coach Brett Vincent’s team is made up of quick guards in the 6-0 to 6-3 range, and they had the Rams reaching and clawing most of the way. Kortez Smith, just 5-7 but the quickest player on the court, kept blowing by the Rams and finished with 18 points.

But the Rams turned to their inside play and had just enough stops on defense. A tip-in by Wakefield Ellison with 8:04 left gave the Rams a 10-point lead and a chance to breathe a little easier.

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