The Woodruff Wolverines downed the Chesnee Eagles 60-43 on Friday night in a matchup of county AAA foes. "In the first half the pace was in our favor but we got sloppy in the second half,” said Chesnee head coach Andy Pitt. “We have some good stuff to work on though.” Woodruff jumped out to an 8-1 lead as they held Chesnee without a field goal from the floor for more than five minutes to open the game. The Eagles Nyquille O'Fair was able to end the drought for the Eagles with 2:45 remaining in the quarter. From that point on Chesnee outscored Woodruff 8-5 which was sparked by a pair of AJ Littlejohn baskets to pull within four of the Wolverines when the quarter ended. Chesnee tied the score on three separate occasions in the second quarter but could never take the lead away from the Wolverines. They got some key plays in the second quarter from Jacob Kimbrell as he scored five of his team's ten points in the quarter. "The run started on the defensive end,” said Pitt. “We were able to get some key stops and were able to convert on some easy buckets." Woodruff's Omarion McKelvin got the first basket of the second half but a 6-0 run gave Chesnee their first lead at 25-24 with 4:30 left in the third quarter. Woodruff responded with a run of their own as they went on a 13-2 run with Zy Scott scoring six points during that stretch for the Wolverines. They continued the momentum into the fourth quarter as they outscored the Eagles 20-12 during the final quarter. Jacob Kimbrell, Cole Hoskyns, and Brady Poole each had solid nights offensively for the Eagles as Kimbrell led the Eagles with nine points while Hoskyns added eight points and the youngest Eagle Poole added seven. Chesnee will return to action on Friday as they open the Chesnee Roundball Classic (DEC 27-28, & 30) against Catawba Ridge at 7:30 pm. GIRLS GAME The Woodruff Lady Wolverines downed the Chesnee Lady Eagles 63-43 in a rematch of last year's AAA playoffs on Friday night.
"We had opportunities but were unable to take advantage of them consistently,” said Chesnee head coach Carey Burns. “We got sloppy with our passes at times and they took advantage of that." Woodruff opened the game with an 8-0 lead by a pair of Brooke Bailey baskets. A pair of free throws from Abbey Ray capped off a 6-0 run for the Eagles that pulled them within two at 8-6 but Zavia Jeter's personal 6-0 run pushed Woodruff out to a 16-6 lead at the end of the first quarter. Ray got the Chesnee offense going again at the start of the second quarter as the Eagles outscored Woodruff 6-1 to open up the quarter. The Wolverines responded again like in the first quarter to the Chesnee run by going on a 17-6 run led by Jeter and Maddie Grace Runyan as the duo combined for ten of the seventeen points. The pace of play came to an almost screeching halt in the third quarter as both teams shot a combined twenty-six free throws. The Wolverines went four for twelve from the free throw line while the Eagles went nine of fourteen to outscore the Wolverines 13-10 in the quarter. The fourth quarter was once again the Zyvia Jeter show as she scored six points and had several steals that sparked the break that allowed her teammates to score. Jeter led all scorers with twenty-two points while Brooke Bailey added fourteen points and Maddie Grace Runyan added twelve points for the Wolverines. Abbey Ray led the Eagles with eighteen points while Jessa Beach added eight points and Brie Smith added five points of her own. Carley Hammett added four points off the bench for the Eagles. Comments are closed.
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