Boiling Springs used a 27-13 run over the first two quarters on Tuesday night to pick up a 55-44 victory over Nation Ford and open up the new year with a win in their first region matchup of the season. The Bulldogs run through in the first half was brought on by a strong defensive effort and it's something the Boiling Springs coaching staff has been preaching to their team since Christmas. "We've been talking to our guys about playing with pride on defense," said Bulldogs head coach Curtis Nash. "It started over the Christmas break where we challenged our guys to play with pride by not allowing your man to score while also being the first person to the rebound after the shot goes up." The Bulldogs got started on Tuesday night with a three point shot at the top of the key by Corey Johnson that sparked a 9-0 run for Boiling Springs over the first two minutes of the game. Johnson scored five of the nine points during the run to go along with baskets from Julius Camp Jr and Khalil Brown. Boiling Springs used the early first quarter run to establish a 16-10 lead at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter the Bulldogs started on a 7-0 run that began on a basket by Khalil Brown and was followed up with a three point basket by Austin Faile along with free throws by Quanye Nails. During the run the Bulldogs got some strong play in the post on defense as Jacob Webber had two blocks and Julius Camp added another one while the Bulldogs outscored the Falcons 11-3 in the second quarter to claim a 27-13 halftime lead. "We depend on Jacob to be our big man on our roster and he understands his role on this team," said Nash. "I don't expect to see him getting twenty points a game but we want him to get rebounds and blocks like he did tonight." Camp got the Bulldogs started off strong in the third quarter with a big basket in the post to continue Boiling Springs’ tough play around the basket. Fellow post player Dominique Johnson added to that performance with a strong third quarter as he scored three points to go along with four rebounds as Boiling Springs outscored Nation Ford 19-13 in the quarter to claim a 46-26 lead heading to the final quarter. In the fourth quarter the Falcons went on a run of their own starting the quarter on an 11-0 run before Corey Johnson ended the run with a jump shot to give the Bulldogs their first basket in the final quarter just past the midway point of the quarter. Nation Ford was unable to get any closer though as the Bulldogs outscored the Falcons 8-7 the rest of the way to claim the victory. "We played really well for three quarters tonight but had a little bit of a letdown there in the fourth quarter," said Nash. "I've been trying to preach to these guys all season that we have to play a full game which is four quarters and not just four minutes here and there." The Bulldogs were led on Tuesday night by Khalil Brown who scored sixteen points to go along with four rebounds and four steals while Corey Johnson joined him in double figures scoring with eleven points. Quadeir Hand led the Falcons in scoring with fourteen points on Tuesday night. Boiling Springs will return to action on Friday night as they travel to Nation Ford in a rematch of Tuesday night's contest. "We're going to let our kids know we have got to refocus because even though we got the win tonight it could be a whole different game on Friday," said Nash. "We'll watch film tomorrow and correct the areas where we had problems and work on improving where we did well." Girls GameThe Boiling Springs girls basketball team started off strong on Tuesday night but weren't able to contain Nation Ford in the second half falling to, the preseason #9 ranked team in 5A, Falcons 42-20 in their first region game of the season.
Boiling Springs held an 8-5 lead in the first quarter but the Falcons outscored the Bulldogs 6-0 to end the quarter and claimed an 11-8 lead when the first quarter ended. In the second quarter Nation Ford outscored the Bulldogs 7-4 to hold an 18-12 halftime lead. In the second half the Falcons took control of the game as they outscored Boiling Springs 24-8 to claim the victory and get their first region win of the season. Nation Ford was led by Elizabeth Cohen who scored twenty points on Tuesday night and wasn't the only Falcons player to score in double figures as Harper McKain joined the club with ten points. Boiling Springs was led in points by Laisha Labra who scored eight points while they also got an impressive night in the post from Sarah Ezell who grabbed sixteen rebounds along with two blocks on Tuesday night. Comments are closed.
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