On the final day of the 21st annual Battle at the Border tournament in Landrum the Boiling Springs basketball team used a big third quarter to defeat Spartanburg Christian Academy 64-54 on Wednesday afternoon.
“We’ve had a bad habit about losing close games here recently so it was good to pick up a win like this one today,” said Bulldogs head coach Curtis Nash. “I’ve been preaching all season to our guys that the third quarter is huge and that you can win or lose a game with how you play in that quarter. Tonight our guys just came out of halftime with the fire I expected from them and played a great third quarter.” The Bulldogs held a one point lead at the end of the first quarter at 18-17 with a strong performance from Khalil Brown who had eight of the points in the quarter and Boiling Springs was able to push the halftime lead to 35-32 behind seven points from Cam Earls in the second quarter. In the third quarter is where the Bulldogs separated themselves as they outscored SCA 10-2 over the first two minutes of the quarter and ended on an 8-2 run over the last three minutes of the quarter to complete a 24-8 run over the entire third quarter. Julius Camp Jr led the Bulldogs during the run with eight points and was followed closely by Brown who had six points, all of which came from the free throw line. SCA made a run in the final quarter outscoring Boiling Springs 14-5 but it wasn’t enough and the Bulldogs held on for the 64-54 victory. Khalil Brown led the Bulldogs on Wednesday with eighteen points followed closely by Cam Earls with fifteen points. They were joined in the double digit scoring club by Julius Camp Jr who finished the game with eleven points. The two other games in the tournament saw the Bulldogs lose close games as they fell to Riverside 75-69 on Monday night and 72-70 to Landrum on Tuesday night. Corey Johnson led the Bulldogs in scoring on Monday as he scored twenty-four points while Cam Earls led the Bulldogs on Tuesday night against Landrum with twenty-eight points. Khalil Brown was the only Bulldogs player to finish in double figures as he had twelve against Riverside, thirteen against Landrum, and saved his best game for SCA where he finished with eighteen points. Earls was named to the All-Tournament team after averaging fifteen points a game for the tournament. Boiling Springs will return to action on Tuesday night as they jump into region play with a home game against Nation Ford. Comments are closed.
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