In a first round game for the South Carolina 3A basketball playoffs Blue Ridge defeated the home standing Chapman team 70-54 on Friday night to advance to the next round. The Tigers used an impressive run in the first quarter along with clutch free throw shooting in the fourth quarter to come away with the victory.
Blue Ridge jumped out to a 9-0 lead midway through the first quarter and extended their lead to 12-0 with just over three minutes to go in the quarter when the Tigers Garrett Stokes collected an offensive rebound followed by a put-back as he was fouled. Stokes finished the first half with seven points and 11 rebounds for Blue Ridge. Chapman picked up their first points of the game on a three-pointer from Taygan Ray and a basket from Jonathan Mitchell to put the Blue Ridge lead at 19-5 at the end of the first quarter. The second quarter saw both teams come out firing as both teams combined to score sixteen points in the first minute and a half of the quarter with Chapman being led by Gavin Humphries with six of the eight points while Blue Ridge was led by Justin Bailey who scored five of the eight Tigers points as he led the team in the quarter with 13 points. After a Chapman timeout following the back and forth scoring, the Panthers' Banks Atkins hit a three-pointer from deep along the right side of the court and then hit another from almost the same spot off a Panthers steal to narrow the Blue Ridge lead to eight points with just under six minutes to go in the half. Blue Ridge responded with a 12-5 run to extend their lead over the Panthers back out to 39-24 but with just seconds remaining the Panthers Thomas Mathis hit a layup off an assist from Atkins to put the Tigers lead at 39-26 as the buzzer sounded for halftime. The third quarter saw the Panthers come clawing back as they started the quarter on a 5-1 run which began on a a basket by Atkins and narrowed the Tigers lead to nine points with five minutes to go in the quarter. Chapman was able to make the Blue Ridge lead five points with seventeen seconds to go in the quarter as they outscored the Tigers 15-7 in the quarter, led by six points from Colby Garner, as the Panthers only trailed 46-41 when the quarter came to an end. Blue Ridge started the fourth quarter on a 9-2 run which began with a three-pointer by Zach Skinner to extend their lead back to twelve points over the Panthers. With just under four minutes to go in the game Chapman was able to cut the lead back to 55-46 but the Panthers were unable to narrow the lead anymore thanks to clutch free throw shooting by Blue Ridge. In the fourth quarter Blue Ridge went 13 of 14 from the free throw line with their only miss coming with just over a minute to go in the game as it helped the Tigers extend their lead to sixteen points over the Panthers. The Tigers finished the night with an impressive 18 of 20 mark from the free throw line for the game. While the Tigers were strong from the free throw line the Panthers struggled to find a basket as they were three of twelve from the free throw line while also shooting only 39% from the three point line. Blue Ridge was led on Friday night by Justin Bailey who scored 29 points to go along with five rebounds and three steals. He was joined in double figures by Zach Skinner who scored 17 points while Garrett Stokes solidified the post for the Tigers with 16 rebounds to go along with seven points. Banks Atkins led the way for Chapman on Friday night with 16 points and was joined in double figures by Miles Carter who scored ten points. Carter led the Panthers in rebounds with six rebounds to go along with two steals. Comments are closed.
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