On Tuesday night, the Chesnee Eagles got a big region win over the Christ Church Cavaliers by a final score of 62-57. The Eagles used a full court press at times to rattle the Cavaliers and had solid overall defense against a much taller Cavalier team. Dawson Williamson did an excellent job on Cavaliers star Rayshon Harrison and he added 10 points on the offensive end. Malik Busby and Terrence Duren held there own against a 6'11" and 6'6" Cavalier front line when Nate Lamb left the game at times with foul trouble. Coach Pitt was pleased with his team's defensive effort, "Dawson did an excellent job defensively. When Nate (Lamb) got into foul trouble, you had 5'8" Terrence and 6' Malik guarding a 6'11" guy down in the post and they did a phenomenal job." The Eagles offensively were able to get the Cavaliers into mismatches as Dez Tate finished with 21 points and Nate Lamb scored 19 points to lead the Eagles. Coach Pitt was happy with his team's ball movement and effort offensively, "We tried to take advantage of some mismatches, they switch alot in their man-to-man defense, and when they switched we tried to take advantage and get driving opportunities to the basket," Pitt said. The Cavaliers were led by Rayshon Harrison who finished with 17 points and Bennett Rogers who added 11 points. The Eagles will return to action on Friday when they host the #10 ranked team in 2A, the Landrum Cardinals. Girl’s GameChrist Church used a 30-0 run to start the game to down the Lady Eagles 67-26.
The Lady Eagles bounced back from a rough start and were able to adjust to the Lady Cavaliers full court press and were only outscored 37-26 the rest of the way after the Lady Cavaliers opening run. The Lady Eagles were led in scoring by Abbey Ray who finished with 10 points and 6 blocked shots. Carley Hammett had a good game off the bench for the Lady Eagles as she had 8 points. Paige Scruggs and Shenan Bishop each finished with 4 points. Coach Carey Burns was proud of how her team continued to play after the rough 1st quarter "I'm proud of my girls for not giving up. I've been where they are at and it's hard sometimes to keep pushing." Burns said. The Lady Cavaliers were led by Paula Piper who finished with a game high 19 points. Marissa Powe and McCall King also had strong games for the Lady Cavs. Powe finished with 18 points and King finished with 14 points including 4 three pointers. Comments are closed.
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