In region II-5A no victories come easy and this basketball season has been no different as Boiling Springs grabbed a hard fought 51-45 victory over Gaffney on Friday night. "We've played Gaffney, Spartanburg, and Dorman all this week and that's a tough schedule in just about any sport," said Boiling Springs head coach Hal McManus. "Our team has gotten beaten up this week and I'm proud of how our guys gutted out a victory tonight." The Bulldogs came out quick on Friday night as they jumped out to a 19-11 lead at the end of the first quarter behind five points from senior Zach Baldinelli. In the second quarter the grueling week the Bulldogs had been through could be seen as Gaffney was able to outscore Boiling Springs 20-11 in the second quarter and grab a 31-30 halftime lead. The Indians were led in the second quarter by junior Domonique Davidson who scored seven of his ten points in the second quarter. In the third quarter both teams struggled to find the basket as both teams combined to score only fourteen points as the Indians outscored Boiling Springs 8-6 in the quarter to claim a 39-36 lead. Boiling Springs claimed their first lead of the second half when sophomore Corey Johnson stole a Gaffney pass with just over five minutes to go in the fourth quarter and grabbed a 44-43 lead. Over the last five minutes of the game the Bulldogs outscored Gaffney 7-2 to grab a very important region victory. In a low scoring game the Bulldogs got an impressive performance around the glass from junior Reggie Crocker who scored eight points but also recorded twelve rebounds and six blocks for Boiling Springs on Friday night. "I thought Reggie was really huge controlling the middle tonight and he gave us that element you need in this league," said Coach McManus. "Pierre Gentry and Trayson Fowler also had really big games for us tonight on the boards." The Bulldogs scoring was very spread out on Friday night as senior Pierre Gentry led the team with nine points while JB Kennedy, Chance Guest, Crocker, and Baldinelli all finished the game with eight points a piece. Gaffney was led on Friday night by Undre Lindsay who led all scorers on the night with 20 points. The Bulldogs will finish the first half of their region play on Tuesday night as they travel to Hillcrest before starting the second half of region play on Friday night when they travel to Byrnes. Girls Game The Boiling Springs Lady Bulldogs fell to the visiting Gaffney Indians 60-49 on Friday night. With the loss the Bulldogs fall to 4-2 in region play and will finish their first trip through region play on Tuesday night at Hillcrest.
The Bulldogs trailed the Indians 26-19 at halftime before the Indians were able to go on a run to start the second half. Boiling Springs was able to cut the Gaffney lead to six with just over three minutes to go in the game but that was as close as they could get as Gaffney was able to seal the victory from the free throw line down the stretch. Boiling Springs will travel to Hillcrest on Tuesday night before starting their second trip through region play on Friday at Byrnes. Comments are closed.
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