At intermission of the boys and girls basketball games on Friday night the Boiling Springs basketball programs honored seniors Laisha Labra, Maddie Holcombe, Cam Earls, Corey Johnson, Tre' Bailey, and Jacob Webber as the six players all played their final home region matchup in front of a large home crowd.
In the boy's game the Bulldogs fell to the visiting Indians 66-56 in a game that saw the Boiling Springs within one point midway through the third quarter before eventually falling to the Indians. Senior Corey Johnson started the game out with a nice drive down the lane to give the Bulldogs an early 2-0 lead but the Indians quickly responded with a 14-4 run that was started on a three-pointer by Joe McGill. Gaffney went on to claim a 19-13 lead at the end of the first quarter. McGill started the second quarter the exact same way he started the first one with a three-pointer for the Indians to put Gaffney up 22-13 just thirty seconds into the quarter. Bulldogs senior Cam Earls answered McGill's shot with a three-pointer of his own starting a back and forth exchange of baskets between the two teams over the first three minutes of the quarter. Boiling Springs got within four points at 31-27 with three minutes to go in the quarter but Gaffney ended the quarter on a 7-0 run to claim a 38-27 halftime lead. Boiling Springs started the third quarter on a 4-0 run behind baskets from Johnson and Tre' Bailey to cut the Gaffney lead to seven but Gaffney's Undre Lindsay hit a three-pointer from the left corner to put the Indians lead back to ten points at 41-31. Trailing by ten the Bulldogs went on a 9-0 run that started with a made shot by Johnson and a made shot by Earls put the Bulldogs within one of Gaffney at 41-40 with just over three minutes to go in the quarter. Just like in the second quarter though Gaffney ended the quarter on a run, this time a 9-2 run to hold a 50-42 lead heading into the final quarter. In the fourth quarter Gaffney outscored the Bulldogs 16-14 in the quarter to claim the victory as the Bulldogs were unable to get the game closer than eight points. The four Boiling Springs seniors combined to score forty-five of the Bulldogs fifty-six points on Friday night with Corey Johnson leading the way with 22 points and Cam Earls joining him in double figures with 13 points. Gaffney was led on Friday by Undre Lindsay who scored 20 points while being joined in double figures by Akeereion Flack with 16 points and Spencer Robertson with 11 points. Girls Game In the girls game Boiling Springs fell to Gaffney 58-42 behind a strong second and third quarter that saw the Indians outscore the Bulldogs 31-17 during the span. The first quarter saw the Bulldogs trailing 5-3 before finishing the quarter on a 7-1 run behind free throws by Laisha Labra, a three-pointer from Ansley King, and a basket by Olivia Shirley to claim a 10-6 lead at the end of the quarter. Labra extended the Bulldogs lead to seven points on a three-pointer to make the score 13-6 just thirty seconds into the quarter. From that point on it was all Indians as they ended the quarter on a 19-5 run that was started on a rebound and put-back by the Indians' A'Maurya Tate-Smith and ended with a rebound and put-back by Moriah Little to claim a 25-18 halftime lead. Kylie McMillan started the third quarter with a jump shot to bring Boiling Springs within five points of the Indians but three straight points by Tate-Smith extended the Gaffney lead back to eight points on their way to a 37-27 lead heading into the final quarter. After Tate-Smith extended the Gaffney lead to twelve points on the first basket of the fourth quarter, McMillan brought the Bulldogs back to within nine on a layup and the ensuing free throw after being fouled. With the Indians trying to extend their lead early in the fourth quarter the Bulldogs were able to keep it close behind big three-pointers from Labra, some of which were made from NBA range, including the last one that kept the Indians lead at 52-42. Gaffney ended the game on a 6-0 run to walk away with the 58-42 victory. Boiling Springs was led on Friday night by Laisha Labra who led all scorers in the game with 22 points including five made three-pointers. Gaffney was led on Friday night by A'Maurya Tate-Smith who scored 15 points and was joined in double figures scoring by Mikirea Shippy who scored 11 points. Both Boiling Springs teams will be back in play on Tuesday night as they host Hillcrest in an out-of-region contest. Comments are closed.
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