GARNER, N.C. — The roster make-up is just a little different from what made Southeast Raleigh a perennial regional final participant in the last decade, but many of the winning traits are still there.

It may not have one of its back-to-the-basket scorers, but on Monday, it showed the same will to win.

The young Bulldogs took a 57-49 road win at South Garner in a top-25 showdown to stay atop the Greater Neuse River Conference.

No. 10 Southeast Raleigh opened the game with a commanding lead but watched it fall to just 17-12 after the first quarter thanks to a banked-in buzzer-beating 3 from the Titans’ Miaisha Moore. No. 22 South Garner trailed just 27-25 at halftime and was down five entering the fourth quarter.

Southeast Raleigh (16-1, 7-0) has now won nine straight and hasn’t fallen to an in-state school yet this season. South Garner (11-6, 6-1) has three out-of-state losses to go with its three top-10 in-state losses.

Southeast got balanced scoring on offense and kept South Garner off-kilter with its zone on defense. the Bulldogs’ leading scorer was sophomore A’ziyah Trent. Of its eight scorers, six were sophomores, one (Erica Allen) is a senior and one (Dariyah Harris) is a freshman.

South Garner has a youth movement of its own. The Titans got 16 points from sophomore Taylor Moore and 10 from freshman Taylor Darden.

Of the Titans’ seven scorers on the night, Moore was the only senior. All the rest are freshmen and sophomores.

Scoring Summary
Southeast Raleigh — A’ziyah Trent 10, Dariyah Harris 8, Korryn Davis 12, Kenady Davis 2, Amaya Rhodes 4, Trinity Dunn 6, Erica Allen 6, Jada Rhodes 8
South Garner — Miaisha Moore 5, Kimaya Barnes 6, Harleigh Clark 4, Calise Crawford 3, Taylor Darden 10, Janiyah Massenburg 3, Taylor Moore 16