LANDRUM, SC - Just one week after playing for the championship at the Chesnee Roundball Classic, the Boiling Springs basketball is bound for its second straight holiday basketball tournament championship after defeating Gaffney 58-45 on Wednesday night in the second round of the Battle at the Border tournament.
After finding some momentum in the final two periods of play on Tuesday against Spartanburg Christian Academy, the Bulldogs carried that momentum into the game on Wednesday night as they jumped out to an early lead in the first quarter holding on to a 17-6 lead before a last second shot by Gaffney to end the quarter put the Bulldogs lead at 17-9 over the Indians. Dominique Johnson and Tre Locklear continued their strong play in the tournament as they combined to score 15 of the team's 17 points in the quarter. Boiling Springs kept their momentum going into the second quarter scoring the first seven points of the quarter extending their lead to 26-9 over the Indians. Gaffney wasn't going to just let the Bulldogs win though as they closed the game to within six points at halftime behind a strong shooting performance from senior guard Joe McGill who scored nine points for the Indians in the quarter. Gaffney closed the second quarter on a 16-5 run. The Bulldogs were able to fend off the Indians attack though as Boiling Springs guard Tre Locklear hit three three-pointers in the quarter as he scored 10 of the Bulldogs 14 points in the quarter allowing the Boiling Springs to take a 31-25 lead into the halftime break. Both teams played pretty close basketball in the third quarter as the Bulldogs slightly outscored the Indians in the third quarter 11-9 to hold a 42-34 lead heading into the final quarter. In the fourth quarter the Bulldogs used a strong performance from the free throw line to help seal the victory as they went 11 of 16 from the line as their shooting from the line accounted for all but five of their fourth quarter points. Tre Locklear led the way for the Bulldogs on Wednesday night with 28 points while hitting at least one three-pointer in each of the four quarters. Dominique Johnson also finished the night in double figures coming away with 17 points and is now averaging 20.5 points a game for the tournament. Joe McGill led the Indians attack with 20 points on Wednesday night and was joined in double figures by Ziyon Harris who scored 10 points himself. Boiling Springs will face Landrum in the championship game on Thursday night with the tipoff set for 8:30 PM. Earlier in the day on Wednesday the Boiling Springs girls' basketball team fell to Landrum 43-30 as Ansley King once again led the way for the Bulldogs with 15 points on Wednesday morning. She is now averaging 13 points a game for the tournament. While the boys' basketball team will be the last game of the night, the girls' basketball team will kick off the final day of the Battle at the Border tournament as they compete against Spartanburg Christian Academy in a game that will tipoff at 10:00 AM. Comments are closed.
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