LANDRUM, SC - The Boiling Springs basketball team fell behind early in the championship game at the Battle of the Border tournament but came storming back in the third quarter before eventually falling 68-64 to the homestanding Landrum Cardinals.
"We put ourselves in a hole there in the first half with a lot of that being able to be attributed to the strong shooting by Landrum," said Bulldogs head coach Curtis Nash. "We challenged our guys at halftime to chip away at the lead and at one point I looked up and we were down three points. So, I'm proud of how the guys responded in the second half." The Bulldogs got down early behind some hot shooting from the Cardinals that saw them start on a 21-2 run that turned into a 23-6 lead when the horn sounded to end the first quarter. Landrum pushed their lead to twenty points in the second quarter but Boiling Springs was able to gain some momentum before the halftime buzzer sounded as they cut the Cardinals lead to 36-20, led by six points from Tre Locklear, as both teams left the court for the halftime break. In the third quarter the Bulldogs were able to cut the Landrum lead to 49-38 with just over a minute and a half to go in the quarter, which was aided by two big three-pointers from Dominique Johnson. At the 1:20 mark the Bulldogs Julius Camp Jr hit a floater down the lane to put the Landrum lead inside of ten points at 49-40. Landrum tried to push their lead back out over ten with a three-pointer but Landon Sprouse responded with a three-pointer of his own to keep the lead at nine points. With fourteen seconds left in the quarter Camp grabbed a rebound and was able to get a putback in while being fouled to narrow the Landrum lead to 52-46 over the Bulldogs. Boiling Springs narrowed the lead to 52-49 when the buzzer sounded to end the quarter when Camp, who was at the top of the post, found London Hogan on the right side to sink a three-pointer as the ball fell through the net as the buzzer echoed throughout the building. Landrum started the fourth quarter on a 6-0 run to push their lead back to nine but the Bulldogs weren't going to be deterred as a 6-2 run from the four-minute mark to the three-minute mark, which included two layups from Camp and one from Johnson, cut the Cardinals lead to 60-55. An Austin Faile layup cut the Landrum lead to 61-57 with thirty-four seconds to go in the game but the Cardinals were able to go six of six down the stretch from the free throw line to help seal the victory for Landrum. Dominique Johnson and Tre Locklear were named to the All-Tournament team for the Bulldogs as Locklear finished the game with 18 points and Johnson finished the game with 13 points of his own. Locklear led the Bulldogs in the tournament averaging 19.3 points a game with Johnson finishing the tournament just behind him averaging a strong 18 points a game himself. Austin Faile joined both Johnson and Locklear in double figures on Thursday night as he ended the game with 10 points for the Bulldogs. Landrum saw Isaiah Washington named the tournament Most Valuable Player as he scored 28 points in the championship game on Thursday. He also saw teammates Mason Raines and Franklin Davis be named to the All-Tournament team on Thursday night. Boiling Springs will be back in action on Thursday when they travel to face Byrnes before returning home on Friday night to host the Hillcrest Rams. Comments are closed.
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