With the crowd sitting on the edge of their seats and time running quickly off the clock Boiling Springs was trailing by one when Bulldogs senior Meghan Scharpenberg released her three-point shot attempt that proceeded to bank off the backboard before falling through the net giving Boiling Springs a 44-42 victory over the visiting Byrnes Rebels. "That was an exciting way to start off the second half of the region season," said Bulldogs head coach Dwayne Lytle. "I knew our girls had this in them all year because most of our losses we've beaten ourselves. Meghan was wide open there because our team made the right passes and she hit the shot." Boiling Springs got out to an early lead in the first quarter holding on to a 13-7 lead behind seven points from senior guard Arissa Edwards. In the second quarter Byrnes jumped out in front of the Bulldogs using an 11-0 run that was started by Najah Gilliam who accounted for the first five points of the quarter for the Rebels and was continued on by Savannah Porterfield who scored eight points in the quarter. The Byrnes run was ended by Scharpenberg who scored four consecutive points and the Bulldogs reclaimed the lead on two made free throws by Danielle Brock. Both teams exchanged baskets as time ran out in the half and sat tied at 22-22 when the halftime buzzer sounded. In the third quarter both teams battled using tough defenses to limit the other team to single digit points in the quarter but the Bulldogs claimed a 29-28 lead at the end of the quarter which is something that Coach Lytle said was a focus in pregame for the Bulldogs. "We're usually close in the first half of most games this year but we just seem to go cold in the third quarter," said Lytle. "I challenged them pregame for us to have a plus one quarter and that's just what they done as we lead 29-28 at the end of the quarter. That plus one and our defensive rotation won us that game." In the fourth quarter Byrnes once again went on a run to start the quarter outscoring the Bulldogs 6-2 and holding a 34-31 lead and continued to hold a lead until just eighteen seconds were left in the game when Arissa Edwards hit two free throws to give Boiling Springs a 41-40 lead. With just twelve seconds left Boiling Springs committed a foul sending the Rebels Savannah Porterfield to the line where she hit both free throws giving Byrnes a 42-41 lead. With time running out the Bulldogs Arissa Edwards raced down the court towards the Boiling Springs basket before passing it to Laisha Labra in the right corner of the court who then drove left finding Scharpenberg for the game winning shot that caused the home crowd to erupt in celebration. "We told Arissa to drive hard to the basket and for our shooters to spot up and that's exactly what they done," said Lytle. "We were joking with one of our coaches that works at a bank during the day that it seems they left the bank open just long enough for us to get this victory." Boiling Springs was led on offense by Arissa Edwards who scored sixteen points and Meghan Scharpenberg who finished the night with thirteen points. Porterfield led the Rebels on Friday night with fifteen points while also getting ten points from Jada Burton. With the victory the Bulldogs picked up a win to start their second trip through region play which could give the Bulldogs some momentum heading into another key matchup at Spartanburg on Tuesday night. "It's great because it shows the girls they have the potential to compete with the big three teams in our region," said Lytle. "It shows them that we're right there too and I look forward to what we can do in the second half of this season." Big Third Quarter Allows Rebels To Defeat BulldogsOn Friday night the Byrnes Rebels used a thirty point third quarter to run away with a 96-58 victory over the Boiling Springs Bulldogs on Friday night.
After falling down early in their last matchup the Bulldogs kept it close in the first quarter as Byrnes led the Bulldogs 23-13 at the end of the quarter thanks in large part to the efforts of senior Jordon Askew who scored eleven of the Bulldogs thirteen points. The Bulldogs were able to keep the deficit close in the second quarter getting key shots from Trey McManus, Corey Johnson, and Brylie Marcum to keep the Rebels lead at twelve trailing only 43-31 as the halftime buzzer sounded. In the third quarter the Rebels came out of halftime outscoring the Bulldogs 30-14 in the quarter on their way to a 73-45 lead heading in the fourth quarter. The Rebels had seven players score in the quarter but were led by Nick Thiele who scored ten of his nineteen points in the quarter. Byrnes was led on Friday night by Tay Bruton who scored twenty-two points and Dessje Canty who scored twenty points. The Bulldogs were led in scoring by Jordon Askew who finished the night with thirteen points while also getting eleven points from Khalil Brown and Brylie Marcum. The Bulldogs will look to rebound on Tuesday night as they travel to take on Spartanburg in another region matchup. Comments are closed.
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