Salisbury’s Braylon Taylor drives to the basket. Photo Credit: Sean Meyers

By Mike London

Salisbury Post

10th in a series of reports on local basketball teams …

SALISBURY — Head coach Albert Perkins’ first two seasons at Salisbury have been about as good as it gets, short of playing for a state title.

Both of those teams rolled until they ran into Reidsville deep in the playoffs.

The Hornets have been 53-8 for Perkins and his staff, with two Christmas tournament titles, 24 straight Central Carolina Conference victories and seven playoff wins. There was a 25-game winning streak in 2024-25 during which the Hornets roared from 1-3 to 26-3.

“Both were very good teams, but two very different teams,” Perkins said. “That first year we still had Juke Harris, so the task was to maximize Juke

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