Mississippi College adds Northpoint’s Briley Faith Cherry | DeSoto County News

Photograph: Seated from left, Jake, Jahnae, Briley Religion, and Brian Cherry. Standing from left are coaches Ryan Richardson, together with Lindy and head coach Barry Grey. (Bob Bakken/desotocountynews.com)

Briley Religion Cherry’s spot on the Northpoint Christian College women basketball bench isn’t the place she anticipated to be this senior season.  The ahead, who earned all-district and all-TSSAA Division II-A West Area in her sophomore and junior seasons, was anticipated to be a significant a part of the Girl Trojans’ roster in her closing 12 months on David Manley Courtroom. 

However at a basketball observe the week faculty was starting, Cherry suffered an ACL and meniscus tear that successfully ended her highschool profession. Additionally a big a part of the Northpoint volleyball program, Cherry was additionally unable to play that sport in her closing 12 months. 

Even with all that, the Mississippi Faculty girls’s basketball noticed a return on funding for including Cherry to their roster for the longer term, Thus, a scholarship supply was made and Wednesday, Cherry signed the letter of intent to play on the Clinton faculty subsequent season. 

“I’m wanting ahead to this new step, particularly with my senior not going as deliberate, so I can not wait,” Cherry mentioned. “I’m grateful that they nonetheless need me. I really feel like I can actually do one thing down there. I really feel like I may simply actually be part of the group and hopefully win some video games.”

What Choctaws’ coach Greg Lengthy will obtain in Cherry is a participant who averaged a double-double as a junior with 18 factors and 10 rebound averages for coach Barry Grey’s squad. The West Regional Event Most Useful Participant final spring has scored 1,200 profession factors and over 700 profession rebounds. 

“She’s meant an entire lot to our program from the standpoint of being a high-level athlete and faculty basketball participant, however she’s additionally a high-level character who by no means quits on any circumstances,” Grey mentioned about Cherry. “I’ve cherished her tenacity, her love for this system and her coming to work every single day as onerous as humanly doable.”

As a substitute of patrolling the baseline for the Girl Trojans this season, Cherry has a seat on the bench subsequent to Grey and assistant coaches Lindy Grey and Ryan Richardson the place she’s encouraging and serving to her teammates each recreation out.  

“She hasn’t missed a single observe,” Grey mentioned. “She’ll take the younger women and present how one can run the sophisticated stuff and he or she’s grow to be a part of the teaching employees so it’s good to actually see her develop.”

“It’s been robust however I simply attempt to be an encouragement,” added Cherry. “Coach Grey is a superb coach and I’ve all the time appeared as much as him.”

Briley Religion says Mississippi Faculty is getting a participant who runs the ground, “enjoying onerous and simply giving 110 %,” she mentioned. Grey added he’s excited for Cherry’s profession and for some new publicity of his program.  

“I’m excited for her future and I’m excited Mississippi Faculty goes to see a bit little bit of who our program is and likewise how robust her religion is,” the Northpoint coach mentioned. “A part of your testimony is when issues get robust, it’s onerous to smile, and when she had her ACL tear she was nonetheless capable of reward God.”

Previous to a Friday, Dec. 2 recreation at Montevallo, Mississippi Faculty has a 2-5 general file and is 1-3 in Gulf South Convention contests.