GREGORY McKay being congratulated by his team-mates as he comes out of a game.
By BRENT STUBBS
Senior Sports Reporter
bstubbs@tribunemedia.net
AFTER some good Bahamian cooked meals and some quality time with family and friends, Gregory McKay Jr returned to Limestone University and helped the Saints men’s basketball team to two straight victories.
On Monday night, McKay Jr scored seven points, 11 rebounds, two assists and a steal as the Saints marched past North Greenville 85-48 at home at the Timken Center. The win came two days after Limestone knocked off Converse 78-67 in Gaffney, South Carolina as McKay Jr contributed four points with six rebounds, six assists and a block shot.
The pair of victories pushed the Saints’ record to 5-7 and 1-3 in the South Atlantic Conference.
For the 21-year-old 6-foot, 6-inch forward now in his sophomore year, McKay said the performances were good to get the season going after the Christmas break.
“The past two games were really good for us. They gave us a good start to the new year,” McKay said. “We were playing alright before the break, but we’re starting to turn things around and are playing much better now.”
As for his contributions to the team, the former HO Nash student who went on to play at Piper High School, McKay said it’s exactly what he expected.
“I felt like I did pretty good. I did what my coaches asked me to do and that is what everybody is doing,” he said. “I feel it’s a collective team effort that we are putting together and that’s how we’ve been able to get it done.
“But personally, I felt like I’ve been able to do some good stuff out there and I was able to help us to get the past two victories.”
The Saints will be back in action tonight when they take on Tusculum in their second of four straight home games where they are now 3-2.
They will have 15 more games before they complete their regular season on Saturday, February 25 in another home game against Wingate. As he looks ahead to the rest of the season, McKay said he hopes that they can continue to secure the wins. “We just hope to stack up more wins, stack up more good days in practice and get better every day, but most importantly stack up more wins,” he projected.
“I feel like winning takes care of everything so once we continue winning, everything else will fall into place. I just try to control what I can control and just allow God to do the rest.”
With the way the chemistry has been coming together, McKay said everything is just looking up for Limestone College and the Saints basketball team.
And for McKay, a business administration/ general business major, he is appreciative of the support that he has gotten from his parents Gregory McKay Sr and Anishka Taylor as well as the rest of his family and friends in the Bahamas.
“Thanks to God most of all because without him, none of this would be possible,” he stated. “I was able to come home and get some good weather, some good, home-cooked meals and some conch salad, which helped to rejuvenate my body. It helped me a lot. It was amazing.”
Hopefully, it will only help his season the rest of the way.
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