CHESNEE, SC - Chesnee basketball opened the 2021 Chesnee Roundball Classic with an impressive 72-62 victory over York as they got a stout performance from their leading scorer in his first game back.
”We came out early and played well from the start,” said Chesnee head coach Andy Pitt. “York has struggled of late and we knew if we could jump out early on them if would be big for us. I think we got some good looks early and were able to knock them down. We got some momentum while getting some key plays from Ty Dawkins, KJ Valentine, and Brady Poole.” The Eagles jumped out to a 19-9 lead at the end of the first quarter as Brady Poole and Ty Dawkins combined to score 17 of the team’s 19 points in the quarter. They kept their ten point advantage when the halftime buzzer sounded as they led 30-20 as Poole led the way with 11 points for the Eagles to give him 21 points at the break. Coming out of halftime the Cougars from York County made a run at the Eagles as they cut the Chesnee lead to four points at 52-48 behind a combined 26 points from Bryson Steele and Joel Strait. In the fourth quarter the Eagles saw Brady Poole and Ty Dawkins go 11 of 14 from the free throw line as they extended their lead back to a ten point advantage as both players combined for a total of 15 points in the final quarter. Poole led all scorers on Tuesday night as he finished the night with 40 points in his first game back from an injury while Ty Dawkins had an impressive game finishing the night with 16 points while adding nine rebounds and four steals. ”It feels good to have our team back at full strength tonight,” said Pitt. “Carson has been out four games while Brady has been out three and a half games so being without your two starting guards is tough. I tell you what though Ty Dawkins done an admiral job in their absence against some teams who took advantage of our weakness during that time. Having everyone back tonight was big and put us back in our normal rotation but I think the absence of those guys just made us a deeper team because other players got a chance at quality playing time.” Chesnee will be back in action on Wednesday when they host district rival Boiling Springs at 6:00 PM as both teams compete for a spot in the championship game on Thursday. The winner of Wednesday’s game will face the winner of the Fort Mill and Catawba Ridge game that will be played after the conclusion of the Boiling Springs and Chesnee game. As the director of the tournament, Coach Pitt said that he was proud of how the first day of the tournament went as things ran ahead of schedule with a quality day of basketball. ”As tournament director I was happy that every game started before it was supposed to which who has ever heard of a tournament running ahead of schedule,” said Pitt with a laugh. “We had competitive games all the way through starting with a three point game between Spartanburg Day and Catawba Ridge this morning. It was a pretty good first day and we’re looking forward to the last two days of the tournament.” Comments are closed.
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