The Boiling Springs boys and girls basketball teams were in action on Wednesday as they competed in two separate tournaments that were located just across county line from each other.
The Boiling Springs boys basketball team is competing this week in the the 2022 Poinsettia Classic at Greenville High School. After falling to the #5 team in 5A Summerville 83-68 on Tuesday in a game that Landon Sprouse had 21 points, the Bulldogs bounced back on Wednesday coming away with a 78-61 victory over Greenwood. The Bulldogs started fast in the first half as they raced out to a 41-28 halftime lead behind a combined 27 points from Tre Locklear (16) and Landon Sprouse (11). They extended that lead into the second half as they pushed their led to 21 points as they held a 65-44 lead at the end of the third quarter. Tre Locklear led the way for the Bulldogs scoring 26 points as Landon Sprouse also had another strong game scoring 19 points against the Eagles. Boiling Springs will jump back into playing top ten teams in 5A on Thursday in the final game of the Poinsettia Classic tournament as they face the #7 team in 5A Sumter at 2:30 PM. Heading back towards Spartanburg, the Boiling Springs girls basketball team competed in the first day of the 2022 Battle at the Border tournament in Landrum, where they fell 52-41 to Blue Ridge. A big second quarter from Blue Ridge helped lead the Wildcats to victory over the Bulldogs. Boiling Springs started the game off on a 4-0 run getting baskets from Kylie McMillian and Amiah Ellis on their way to a 16-10 first quarter lead. The big quarter from Blue Ridge started with the Wildcats going on a 19-2 run on their way to a 29-22 halftime lead over the Bulldogs. Anyah Henderson led the Tigers run with seven points of her own during their second quarter run. At the start of the second quarter Amiah Ellis hit two back-to-back three pointers along with a basket from McMillian cut the Tigers lead to 31-30 over the Bulldogs. Blue Ridge ended the quarter on an 8-0 run to take a 39-30 lead into the final quarter. In the fourth quarter, Boiling Springs was able to cut the lead to 41-39 on a three-pointer by Sarah Ezell which she shot just short of the midcourt stripe but that was as close as the Bulldogs would get as Blue Ridge ended the quarter on an 11-2 run to finish out the game. Kylie McMillian and Amiah Ellis led Boiling Springs in scoring with 12 points each while Olivia Shirley (14) and Sarah Ezell (12) led the Bulldogs in rebounds with a combined 26 between the two of them. Blue Ridge has three players score in double figures as Anyah Henderson led the way with 14 points and 10 rebounds while Zikira Henderson added 13 points and Claire Skinner had 12 points of her own. Boiling Springs will begin play in the silver bracket tomorrow where they'll face the host school Landrum at 11:30 AM. Comments are closed.
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