The Boiling Springs Bulldogs used a 21-9 second quarter and a twenty-five point night from junior Corey Johnson to defeat Chesnee 65-44 on Monday night to pick up their seventh win in a row. "The second quarter was key for us as we made a run as we got out and picked up easy baskets," said Boiling Springs head coach Hal McManus. "I think in the third and fourth quarters though we just kind of hung on. I thought Chesnee played a great game and I know Coach Pitt has to be proud of his kids tonight." After having to leave with an injury in Boiling Springs' last game against Broome the Bulldogs Corey Johnson started off the game on Monday night it seemed he was trying to make up for the time he missed as he scored twelve points in the opening quarter for the Bulldogs. "I don't think Corey was finished the other night at Broome," said McManus. "He kept us in the game their in the first quarter scoring most of our points. He also had a great night rebounding the ball." Johnson said that missing time wasn't a big factor to his start on Monday but said he just took advantage of the opportunities his teammates were giving him. "We just came out here and played the way we're supposed to play and my teammates set me up giving me the chance to take the shot when I had it," said Johnson. "It was a huge confidence booster to get my shot going early and I felt like the team fed off of it the rest of the way." While the Bulldogs led 16-11 at the end of the first quarter it was the second quarter where they made their run as they forced Chesnee into turnovers and kept their offense to only two points through the first four and a half minutes of the second quarter. The Eagles finally broke their drought when Brady Poole hit a jump shot as he led Chesnee in scoring in the quarter by also hitting a three pointer later in the quarter. Johnson and Trey McManus both scored seven points for the Bulldogs in the quarter while Cam Earls added five points of his own. The two teams were pretty even through the second half with the Bulldogs grabbing a slight advantage outscoring Chesnee 28-24 in the half. Boiling Springs was led in scoring by Johnson who had twenty-five points and nine rebounds with Earls also finishing in double digits with fourteen points. They also got an impressive fourth quarter from Brylie Marcum who scored all eight of his points in the fourth quarter. Chesnee was led in scoring on Monday night by Nyquille O'Fair who scored twelve points for the Eagles with Cole Hoskyns following close behind with ten points of his own. The Eagles also got a big night from Jacob Kimbrell on the boards as he collected eleven rebounds on Monday night. Chesnee will return to action on Tuesday night as they travel to face Laurens Academy. Boiling Springs will also return to action on Tuesday night as they open region play with a home game against the visiting Spartanburg Vikings. Lady Bulldogs Use Attacking Defense To Defeat EaglesThe Boiling Springs Lady Bulldogs defense used an attacking defense that held Chesnee scoreless in the fourth quarter on their way to a 45-21 win on Monday night. Chesnee was able to keep the game close in the first quarter though as they took an approach that the Bulldogs had struggled with just last week.
"When I saw their defense early I knew they had seen the Broome tape where we struggled some," said Bulldogs head coach Dwayne Lytle. "I told the girls during the timeout that we were going to have to figure it out and we did just that." While the Bulldogs worked out some kinks early in the first quarter it was Laisha Labra who stepped up for Boiling Springs to take on the scoring role as she led them in the quarter eight of the team's fifteen points. "That was big for Laisha in the second quarter because without her effort in the quarter we would have struggled," said Lytle. "Her heart and will is bigger than most and if we had ten with that type of heart we wouldn't lose a game." The Bulldogs led 22-11 at halftime and in the third quarter both teams tied with each scoring ten points with Chesnee only trailing by eleven going into the fourth quarter. In the fourth quarter the Bulldogs defense locked in though not allowing the Eagles a good look at the basket and keeping them scoreless in the quarter while scoring thirteen points of their own with Meghan Scharpenburg leading the way with six of her eight points in the game. Coach Lytle knew that his team would be challenged by Chesnee's post play and that was the focus for his team on Monday night. "The focus tonight was on our post play because going into region play I felt that was our biggest question," said Lytle. "We know that Chesnee has really good post players and I needed my post players they could make stops down there and I'm pleased with how they performed tonight." Boiling Springs was led in scoring on Monday night by Arissa Edwards and Laisha Labra who both scored eleven points for the Bulldogs. Speaking of the post play by Chesnee the Eagles were led in scoring by Abbey Ray and Jessa Beach who both six points a piece for the Eagles on Monday night while Ray led the team with fourteen rebounds. Both teams will return to action on Tuesday night as the Eagles travel to Laurens Academy while the Bulldogs will open up region play in a home game against Spartanburg. Comments are closed.
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