GREENVILLE, SC - The Boiling Springs boys basketball team opened up the New Year with a 59-51 victory over Riverside at the Prep Hoops Showcase at Greenville High School.
The victory is the first game for the Bulldogs since playing in a post-Christmas tournament game against Sumter at the same location. The Bulldogs found themselves getting a lot of success at the start of each quarter as they were able to put the Warriors in multiple basket deficits to start three out of the four quarters. Boiling Springs jumped out to an 8-2 lead at the six-minute mark of the first quarter led by a three-pointer from Tre Locklear and five points from Landon Sprouse. Boiling Springs kept the pace going throughout the first quarter on their way to a 19-11 lead when the buzzer sounded as Sprouse led the way with 10 points in the quarter. The second quarter saw the Bulldogs start out on a 5-0 run that was started on a three-pointer from Reese Walter and were able to push their lead at halftime to thirteen points at 31-18, as Jyssiah Foster led the way with four points in the quarter. Boiling Springs started the third quarter on a 6-0 run behind a three-pointer from Sprouse and a three-point play by freshman Isaiah Atkins to take a 37-18 lead at the five-minute mark of the game. From that point on in the quarter thought, Riverside went on a 12-3 run of their own over the final five minutes, including a three-pointer at the buzzer by Drew Cannon to cut the Boiling Springs lead to 40-30 at the quarter break. Riverside used the momentum from the clutch shot to end the previous quarter as they went on a 4-0 run to start the fourth quarter with key shots from Mikey Williams and Julen Iturbe. Cannon kept up his scoring for the Warriors as well leading Riverside in the quarter with eight points. While the Warriors were able to narrow the lead to four points at 55-51, strong play early in the quarter from Jyssiah Foster, with four points and a steal as he finished the game with eight total points, along with a combined 12 points from Locklear and Dominique Johnson down the stretch helped clinch the 59-51 victory for the Bulldogs. Dominique Johnson finished the game with a double-double for the Bulldogs scorings 12 points and adding 10 rebounds. Landon Sprouse led all scorers with 16 points while Tre Locklear added 13 points and seven rebounds of his own. Isaiah Atkins scored four points for the Bulldogs but helped manage the inside game by registering nine rebounds and two blocks. Julen Iturbe led Riverside with 14 points, four rebounds, and three steals while Drew Cannon added 12 points and Mikey Williams added 11 points. Mikkel Skinner helped the Warriors on the boards grabbing 11 rebounds to go along with his nine points that came mostly on putbacks. The victory over the Warriors is the Bulldogs final matchup before heading into region play starting next week with big games at 5A #1 Dorman on Tuesday and at home against 5A #4 Byrnes on Friday to start their first trip through Region II-5A. The game on Tuesday will begin with the girl's game at 6:00 PM and the boy's game to follow at the conclusion of the girl's game. Comments are closed.
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