As everyone prepares for the Thanksgiving holiday the Boiling Springs boys basketball team used this time to prepare for the upcoming season by going 2-1 at the Impact Sports Invitational held at Spartanburg Christian Academy.
“It feels good picking up two wins in this tournament to get the season started right,” said Bulldogs head coach Curtis Nash. “I told the guys to have fun and play with intensity. I knew if we done that we’d get at least one win but to get two is strong.” The Bulldogs only loss of the tournament came on Monday afternoon when they fell to the preseason #3 ranked team in 5A Mauldin by a score of 74-54. While the Bulldogs loss the game they were competitive throughout as the score was only 53-48 in favor of the Mavericks heading into the final quarter before Coach Nash said fatigue caught up to the Bulldogs. ”We played those guys really good for three quarters,” said Nash. “In the fourth quarter fatigue got to us but with the style we’re going to play we have to get better there.” In the second game Boiling Springs defeated Laurens 55-41 and never trailed throughout the game. They got a big game from senior Camden Earls who finished the game with seventeen points and four rebounds. The final game of the tournament saw the Bulldogs face Wren who the Bulldogs defeated 60-58 in a very competitive basketball game. Wren held a 13-9 first quarter lead but the Bulldogs used their pressure defense to outscore the Golden Hurricanes 23-9 in the second quarter and claim a 32-22 halftime lead. Wren was able to shrink the lead to just two with seconds left in the game but strong defense by the Bulldogs and a shot that missed the rim by the Golden Hurricane gave Boiling Springs the win. The Bulldogs Corey Johnson was named to the All-Tournament team after averaging twenty points a game for the tournament including a twenty-seven point game against Mauldin on Monday. Boiling Springs will return to the court on December 1st in a home game against Woodruff to start the regular season. Comments are closed.
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