CHESNEE, SC - In the third match between the two district rivals, it was a 10-0 run to end the third quarter that propelled the Boiling Springs basketball team to a 56-31 victory over the Eagles and a trip to the championship game of the 2021 Chesnee Roundball Classic.
”In the first quarter it was like we had no energy and the passion that we preach for them to have, we just didn't have it early," said Bulldogs head coach Curtis Nash. "At halftime we challenged them to turn up the intensity on defense to help create offense and that's what they did." The early part of the game saw both teams unable to find much distance between each other as Chesnee scored the first basket before Boiling Springs answered with five straight points. When the buzzer sounded to end the quarter it found both teams tied at 9-9 as the Bulldogs scoring was spread between five different players and the Eagles saw guard Brady Poole account for six of the team’s points. Chesnee started the second quarter with three straight points to take a 12-9 lead before Boiling Springs responded with four straight points to take a 13-12 lead. The game stayed close throughout the rest of the quarter as the Bulldogs held onto a 19-16 lead at halftime as the Bulldogs got six points from Julius Camp Jr in the quarter. Coming out of halftime the Bulldogs went on a 6-2 run to take a 25-18 lead over the first four minutes of the quarter before Chesnee responded with a 7-2 run of their own to put the Boiling Springs lead at 27-25 with the clock running down in the quarter. With less than two minutes to go in the third quarter Boiling Springs started a 10-0 run that was ended on back-to-back steals by Charkei Singleton that ended with layups, including the last basket that fell as time ran out to give the Bulldogs a 37-25 lead heading into the final quarter. Singleton led the Bulldogs with six points in the quarter, but his true impact came on the defensive side where he registered eight steals and was tasked with guarding the Eagles leading scorer Brady Poole. "Tonight we tasked him with guarding Chesnee's Brady Poole because he's a great scorer," said Nash. "We told Charkei to just give us his all on defense and he played well tonight, he really has become one of our senior leaders this year." In the fourth quarter the Bulldogs added to their lead as Tre Locklear, who finished the game with 10 points, and Julius Camp Jr combined to score 11 of the Bulldogs 19 points in the quarter. Julius Camp Jr continued his strong play for the Bulldogs this season as he recorded a double-double leading the team with 15 points, 10 rebounds, four blocks, and two steals. “Julius is a very athletic player for us, and we expect a lot out of him," said Nash. "For him to respond like he did tonight, I'm just very proud of him." Brady Poole led the Eagles in scoring with 14 points while KJ Valentine added six points along with 10 rebounds. The Bulldogs will now move to the championship game of the Chesnee Roundball Classic where they will face Catawba Ridge at 7:30 PM on Thursday after the Copperheads defeated Fort Mill in the late game on Wednesday night. Nash said after a quick celebration with his team after the game that they’ll start getting ready for the championship game soon afterwards. "We're going to go in here and celebrate this win as a team then I'm going to tell the kids that we're playing for a championship and that we'll need to bring that same energy and passion we've had since the start of the season," said Nash. Chesnee will face Fort Mill in the third-place game that will start at 6:00 PM on Thursday night. Comments are closed.
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