BOILING SPRINGS, SC - Prior to the game there was mix-up about the starting lineup where Boiling Springs' Dominique Johnson was left out of the original announcements but once he got in the game, he made the most of his time as he helped lead the Bulldogs basketball team to a 53-48 victory over the visiting Spartanburg Vikings.
"Dominique has been playing good this week in practice and earned the start but didn't get his named called," said Bulldogs head coach Curtis Nash. "Once he came off the bench, he really played tough and did the things you don't always see in the scorebook." Johnson finished his night leading the Bulldogs in scoring with 16 points, seven rebounds, four steals, and a blocked shot. In the first quarter it seemed that the night wasn't going to be a very good one for the Bulldogs as Spartanburg jumped out to an early lead holding a 14-7 advantage at the end of the quarter. It was almost a 14-10 lead but a halfcourt shot by the Bulldogs Tre Locklear at the buzzer that went in the net was ruled no good as it left his hands right after the buzzer sounded. Boiling Springs looked a lot better in the second quarter as Tre Locklear started their scoring with a three-pointer while also getting four big points from Payton Browning. The Bulldogs were able to narrow the lead to 23-22 when Ketrone Adams hit a jump shot on the low block to put the lead at one point with a minute to go in the quarter, the same score that the Vikings held when the halftime buzzer sounded. Nash said he let his team know at halftime they were lucky to be in the game with how they played early but they had an opportunity to win the game and they needed to take advantage of that opportunity. "We didn't play well there in the first half, and we let our guys know in the locker room at halftime we were lucky to be in the position that we were being down one going into halftime," said Nash. "We challenged them to out in the second half to play the basketball we're capable of playing and win this game by being patient on offense while also taking care of the ball." Johnson gave Boiling Springs their first lead of the game by hitting two free throws to start the second half giving the Bulldogs a 24-23 advantage. The Bulldogs built on that momentum as they outscored the Vikings 13-7 in the quarter to take a 35-30 lead going into the final quarter. Spartanburg scored the first two points of the fourth quarter, but the Bulldogs followed that up by going on a 6-0 run to extend their lead. The Vikings were able to fight back though as they tied the game at 45-45 with just under two minutes to go in the game. With a minute to go Ketrone Adams gave Boiling Springs the lead back on a layup and was soon followed by a steal along with a layup by Julius Camp Jr to put the Bulldogs lead at 49-45 over the Vikings. Tre Locklear followed that up with a steal of his own before going four of six from the free throw line to help seal the victory for the Bulldogs. While Johnson led the Bulldogs, he wasn't the only Boiling Springs player to finish in double figures on Tuesday night as Julius Camp Jr added 11 points, seven steals, and four rebounds while Tre Locklear added 10 points, five rebounds, and two steals. Spartanburg senior Devin Barnes led the Vikings in scoring with 18 points on Tuesday night. In the girls' game it took an extra quarter of play to decide the game as Spartanburg grabbed a 64-63 victory over the Bulldogs, that was decided in the last few seconds of the game. The first three quarters was a back-and-forth affair as the Bulldogs were ahead most of the first half but a rough third quarter saw the Vikings take a 41-37 lead. The Bulldogs went down as many as 10 points in the fourth quarter but fought their way back to being down two at 54-52 as the Bulldogs Amiah Ellis stole the ball and finished with a layup. With five seconds left in the fourth quarter Boiling Springs trailed 56-53 when they got one of their biggest shots of the season when sophomore Kylie McMillan fired a three-pointer from the top of the key that hit nothing but net to tie the game at 56-56 sending the game into overtime. In overtime Boiling Springs was able to get a 63-62 lead when sophomore Olivia Shirley grabbed a rebound and put a shot back up to give the Bulldogs the lead along with making some key defensive plays on the other end of the court. With Spartanburg trailing by one they got fouled and went to the line but missed both shots. While they missed the second shot the Vikings Genesis Yung grabbed her 13th rebound of the game before hitting a bank shot with four seconds left in the game to give Spartanburg the 64-63 lead. The final bucket was just another big score from Yung as she led all scorers with 32 points to go along with 13 rebounds and a block. Ansley King led the Bulldogs with 19 points along with two rebounds and two steals. Kylie McMillan added 15 points while Amiah Ellis added 11 points of her own. Boiling Springs and Spartanburg will face off again on Friday night when they travel to the Vikings home court for their second straight matchup of the week. Comments are closed.
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