BOILING SPRINGS, SC - Prior to the start of the boys' basketball game, the Boiling Springs community raised a banner to retire the jersey of Bulldog legend Sheila Foster and when the night was over that same community was on the court celebrating a Boiling Springs 71-70 last second victory over region rival Spartanburg.
A game coming down to the last second between the Bulldogs and Vikings is nothing new as the Bulldogs ended up on the wrong side of the decision last time in a one-point loss at Spartanburg. With the Bulldogs trailing by one point and sixteen seconds left in the game, Boiling Springs senior point guard Tre Locklear brought the ball up the court before driving to the rim for a layup to take a 71-70 lead with eight seconds left. The Vikings made one more run at taking the lead but Bulldogs senior forward Logan Hogan secured a rebound to seal the victory for Boiling Springs. "It's amazing what one point will do as how we felt at the end of the game the last time over there and how we feel tonight after this win," said Bulldogs head coach Craig Martin. "I was happy with how our guys fought and played hard working through adversity. Tre made a big play there at the end, which was huge, but without the other little plays that no one will notice throughout the game we're not in that position." Boiling Springs got the first basket of the game on a layup by senior Dominique Johnson to take an early 2-0 lead but a big first quarter from Spartanburg's J'Bari Miller helped lead the Vikings to an 18-15 lead at the end of the quarter. With about four minutes left in the second quarter Spartanburg pushed their lead to eight points but the Bulldogs were able to fight back to cut the halftime deficit to four points at 40-36. The Bulldogs trailed 44-40 minutes into the third quarter when senior Dominique Johnson went to work in the post scoring four straight points from the free throw line to tie the game at 44-44. Boiling Springs took their first lead since early in the game at 49-48 on a Tre Locklear layup with just under two minutes to go in the second quarter. Johnson pushed the lead to 51-48 on a layup off an assist from Locklear and then later hit a layup and a free throw to put the Bulldogs lead to 54-50 when the third quarter ended. Boiling Springs pushed their lead to eight points at 63-55 on a three-pointer from Landon Sprouse off an assist from Locklear with just over five minutes to go in the game. The Bulldogs were trailing 70-67 with just over a minute to go in the game when Johnson hit two free throws to narrow the deficit to 70-69 before Locklear came up with his clutch layup to take the lead and the win. Boiling Springs honored their senior basketball players on Tuesday night and were led by senior Dominique Johnson who played his last game in front of the home crowd going out with a double-double scoring 22 points with 14 rebounds and two assists. Fellow senior Tre Locklear had 17 points while senior London Hogan had 11 points with the only non-senior scoring in double points being Landon Sprouse with 14 points. The Bulldogs honored nine seniors as WJ Fowler, Kam Williams, Dominique Johnson, Joshua Watson, London Hogan, Tre Locklear, Kendall Johnson, Waylon Smith, and Kyle Johnson all played their final regular season game in front of the home crowd on Tuesday night. "We talked about it after the game that you wish these seniors weren't seniors but were juniors or sophomores so that you could have more time to work and grow with them," said Martin. "They've been nothing but a pleasure to coach and done everything that we've asked them to do. We're going to miss them but we still want to get some more wins before their time is over here." Boiling Springs will travel to TL Hanna on Friday for their last game of the regular season before finding out their opponent for the upcoming 5A playoffs. "Going to play TL Hanna on Friday is a good preparation for the playoffs for us," said Martin. "They're such a good hard-nosed team that is well coached and we're going to have our hands full on Friday. It will give us a great opportunity to get ready for the playoffs." GIRLS GAME - SPARTANBURG 48 BOILING SPRINGS 41 The Boiling Springs girls basketball team closed out their regular season on Tuesday night with a 48-41 loss to Spartanburg on senior night. The Bulldogs fell behind 10-5 at the end of the first quarter but in the second quarter came storming back outscoring the Vikings 11-4 in the quarter to hold a 16-14 lead at halftime. Spartanburg outscored Boiling Springs 19-17 in the third quarter as both teams were tied up at 33-33 going into the final quarter of play. In the fourth quarter the Vikings used their strong play around the basket to get numerous second chances outscoring the Bulldogs 15-8 in the quarter to take the 48-41 win. Boiling Springs senior Amiah Ellis led the Bulldogs and all scorers with 13 points while fellow seniors Kylie McMillian finished with six points and Zamaya Young ended with three points. Bulldogs junior Olivia Shirley had eight points to along with 12 rebounds and three blocks while fellow junior Sarah Ezell ended the game with seven points and eight rebounds. Genesis Young led Spartanburg with 11 points and Tay Brewton added 10 points of her own. Comments are closed.
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