Staff report

SALISBURY — Only four Salisbury players scored on Friday, but it didn’t matter because Juke Harris and Braylon Taylor combined for 52 points.

Harris scored 31, the third straight outing with 30-plus points for the Wake Forest recruit, as the Salisbury boys basketball team beat Robinson 69-56 in a physical struggle.

Harris didn’t make any 3-pointers in Salisbury’s first two games, but he was playing for the first time in his home gym this season and got back on track from long range.

Harris, didn’t get to the foul line as often as he usually does — it wasn’t easy to get there — but he had some crowd-igniting dunks to go with his 3s.

“It was good to see some 3s falling for Juke and for Bryce Dalton,” Salisbury head coach Albert Perkins said.

Taylor, a sophomore, has been a huge factor for Salisbury so far. His game is mostly high-percentage 2-point buckets, and he scored a career-best 21.

Dalton scored 11 and got the Hornets (2-1) started with his defense in the opening minutes. Salisbury jumped all over the visitors for a 12-0 opening act. Robinson (1-1) fought back once the Bulldogs settled in, but they never caught up.

Salisbury led 39-23 at halftime.

Mike Geter made his season debut after missing the first two games with football bumps and bruises. He contributed six points.

“Mike will be shaking off the rust for a few games, but he helped a lot,” Perkins said.

Other Hornets contributed without denting the scoreboard. Hank Webb’s defense, Dashawn Brown’s rebounds and a blocked shot by Keial Matthews made an impact.

The Hornets played without Deuce Walker, who hurt an ankle in practice.

Walker is on the Shrine Bowl team and will rehab the ankle for that game. He’ll be missing from the basketball team for a while.

Robinson      15      8      11     22     — 56

Salisbury       24      15   10     20    — 69

SALISBURY — Harris 31, Taylor 21, Dalton 11, Geter 6.