BOILING SPRINGS, SC - After the two teams battled to a one-point game just last week, it came to no surprise to anyone in the gym on Wednesday night when the Boiling Springs and Clover game down to the last minute to decide the outcome as the Bulldogs came away with a 61-58 victory.
The win gives the Bulldogs their third straight win as they've defeated Chesnee, Union, and Clover over the last three games with a rematch at Chesnee coming on Friday. "A win is always better than a loss but there's a lot of things we still need to clean up execution wise," said Bulldogs head coach Craig Martin. "When it's all said and done though, they fought through a lot and got better. I think we learned a lot and it's for sure better coming out on the winning end this time unlike the last time we played them." Clover took the first lead on a shot from Vincent Alexander before Reese Walter responded to give the Bulldogs a 3-2 lead in the first quarter. The Blue Eagles took a 9-4 lead before the Bulldogs Landon Sprouse went on a five-point run of his own to tie the game at 9-9 with just under four minutes to go in the quarter. Clover then outscored the Bulldogs 7-3 over the final three minutes to take a 16-12 lead at the end of the quarter. The game went back-and forth in the second quarter and the Bulldogs took a 19-18 lead at the five-minute mark when Tre Locklear hit a three-pointer from the left corner. The Blue Eagles retook the lead at 29-26 when the buzzer sounded for halftime. The third quarter was made up of two different four-point runs by the Bulldogs as the first one was a 4-0 run to allow the Bulldogs to take a 30-29 lead. The second run came at the end of the quarter as the Bulldogs trailed 42-40 but scored the last four points of the quarter to take a 44-42 lead into the final quarter of play. Boiling Springs took the momentum from the third quarter into the start of the fourth quarter as Landon Sprouse started the Bulldogs on a 5-0 run with a layup and a three-pointer from just right of the key to put Boiling Springs ahead 49-42 within the first minute of the quarter. The Bulldogs extended their lead to 51-42 at the five-minute mark but the Blue Eagles didn't go away easily as they battled back. Clover was able to narrow the Boiling Springs lead to 57-56 with thirty-seconds left in the game. With the Bulldogs leading by one, a Clover layup rolled out and Reese Walter came down with a key rebound before Landon Sprouse hit two key free throws. Sprouse finished the game with 21 points, two rebounds, and a steal to which Coach Martin said he was happy to see the potential from Sprouse that they have seen from him in practice. "Landon is a good player and is the real deal," said Martin. "He's got good size and we've been waiting for him to look like he has done in practice which he done tonight. He done some real good things too that you don't see in the scorebook like contesting shots late." Clover made one more run at the Bulldogs, but Dominique Johnson was able to hit two free throws to seal the game as a Clover half-court shot didn't find the goal as time expired. Tre Locklear finished the game with 17 points and a steal while Dominique Johnson added 11 points with nine rebounds, two steals, and a block. Vincent Alexander led Clover with 13 points as Haiden Akins joined him in double figures with 11 points of his own. GIRLS GAME The Boiling Springs girls' basketball team, who defeated Union 69-22 on Tuesday night, fell to Clover 54-40 on Wednesday night. Boiling Springs jumped out to a 9-3 lead behind a jump shot from Amiah Ellis and five points from Kylie McMillian before Clover went on a 14-0 run to end the quarter to take a 17-9 lead at the end of the first quarter. Clover held a 32-18 halftime lead, but the Bulldogs went on an 11-2 run to start the second quarter to narrow the Blue Eagles lead to 34-29 with just under two minutes to go in the quarter, before narrowing it down to 34-32 on a Kylie McMillian three-pointer. The Blue Eagles ended the game on a 20-8 run at they defeated the Bulldogs 54-40 when the buzzer sounded to end the game. Kylie McMillian led all scorers with 20 points, five rebounds, and four steals for her second straight game of twenty-points, as her and Sarah Ezell both scored 26 points against Union County on Tuesday night. Amiah Ellis also finished the game in double-figures with 10 points as Natalie Trudell finished the game with three points but led the Bulldogs in rebounds with 10 of her own. Both Boiling Springs teams will be back in action on Friday night as they travel to Chesnee for another intra-district rivalry game. The girls' game is set to begin at 6:00 PM with the boys' game to begin fifteen minutes after the end of the girls' game. Comments are closed.
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