Wendell Moore, who became the Duke basketball program’s first 2019 commit back in October, has not allowed his Cox Mill High School to lose a game since the Beach Ball Classic this time last year.
Last season, after three losses in eight days to national competition during December — including two losses at the annual tournament in Myrtle Beach — the 6-foot-6, 215-pound small forward out of Concord, N.C., led his squad to an unblemished streak after New Year’s, culminating in a second straight 3-A state championship.
And as a result of an opening-round 92-82 win over University (W.