BOILING SPRINGS, SC - After taking Dorman to the wire on the road in their last matchup, the Boiling Springs boys' basketball team came in with high hopes and played the Cavaliers close but a big first quarter was the difference in the Cavaliers 68-56 victory as the Bulldogs were runners-up once again in the matchup on Friday night.
Dorman started the game on a 14-0 run before Boiling Springs got their first basket, a three-pointer by Landon Sprouse, as the Cavaliers raced out to a 20-7 first quarter lead. "I think our kids played hard and did what we wanted them to," said Bulldogs head coach Craig Martin. "When it came down to it we just didn't do a good job of putting the ball in the basket and we had too many turnovers. Against a skilled team like Dorman you just had to do better than we did tonight because some of the reasons we're missing shots is because of how well Dorman is doing their job defensively." In the second quarter the Bulldogs started fighting back though, hoping to steal the crown from Dorman as the top team in the region, as they outscored the Cavaliers 19-16 in the quarter to cut the lead to ten points at halftime. The Bulldogs slowly ate into the lead narrowing the Cavaliers lead to seven in the third quarter and eventually down to five points midway through the fourth quarter on back-to-back free throws from Reese Walter to make the Dorman lead 49-44. The five-point difference was as close as the Bulldogs would get a few times in the fourth quarter as Dominique Johnson on a layup made the score 51-46 with just over four minutes to go in the game. From that point, Dorman went on a 6-0 run to push their lead back to eleven points at 57-46 but the Bulldogs battled back once again as Tre Locklear hit a layup just inside the two-minute mark to cut the lead to 58-53. With some clutch free throw shooting down the stretch the Cavaliers outscored the Bulldogs 10-3 to come away with the 68-56 victory. Dominique Johnson led the Bulldogs finishing with a double-double with 19 points and 15 rebounds. Tre Locklear finished the game with 16 points and three steals while Landon Sprouse finished the game with 12 points. Sean Lindsay and Terry Leonard led the Cavaliers as both players scored 17 points each while Jordan Miller added 10 points of his own. Boiling Springs will return to region play on Tuesday night in a road matchup against Byrnes, who the Bulldogs fell to on a buzzer beater just a few weeks ago. "If we play as hard as we have been doing against some of these teams I think we'll be fine in the rest of our upcoming games," said Martin. "It's just a matter of putting it all together with the effort and execution. We just have to do a better job of having a complete game each night out." GIRLS GAME - DORMAN 64 BOILING SPRINGS 21 A big first half helped Dorman get out to an early lead over Boiling Springs on their way to a 64-21 victory on Friday night. Boiling Springs struggled to find a basket early in the game as Dorman outscored them 34-5 in the first half. While the Bulldogs were able to get some offense going in the second half, the first half deficit was too much to overcome. Bulldogs senior Amiah Ellis led the Bulldogs with 13 points while Olivia Shirley led the Bulldogs in rebounds with eight. Nakiyah Kelly led Dorman on Friday night as she finished the game with a double-double scoring 13 points along with 15 rebounds. Comments are closed.
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