The Chesnee Eagles used a 9-2 run at the start of the fourth quarter to grab a 64-59 victory over Broome in a key region matchup on Tuesday night. "That run at the start of the fourth quarter we wanted to hit them hard to start the quarter," said Chesnee head coach Andy Pitt. "We wanted to give ourselves some breathing room and while we made a few mistakes we got to work on defense and made some stops when we needed to." Chesnee started the game with a steal of a Broome pass by senior Dez Tate who went on to dunk the ball and set the tone for the Eagles early in the game. Not to be outdone in the first quarter Broome's Khalil Stringer kept the Centurions right in the game scoring eight first quarter points to bring the game to a 15-15 tie at the end of the first quarter. In the second quarter the Eagles got a nice contribution from sophomore Nyquille O"Fair who scored eight points while also grabbing four rebounds and a steal. The Eagles were set to take a 28-25 lead into halftime before senior Nick Case hit a half court shot at the buzzer for the Centurions tying the game 28-28 at halftime. The goal for the Eagles in the third quarter was to come out strong and make their hard work in practice pay off. "I told our guys that we needed to come out and hit them hard to start the second half," said Coach Pitt. "I told them it was time for all our hard work to pay off and collect our paycheck." The Eagles got huge performances from Tate and sophomore Alijah Means in the second half as both players waited until the second half to have their best performances of the night. Means led the Eagles in points on Tuesday night as he scored seventeen of his twenty points in the second half. Tate scored eighteen points for the Eagles and was key down the stretch as he went seven of eight from the free throw line in the fourth quarter. "I just had 'win the game' on my mind as I stepped up to the line late their in the fourth quarter," said Chesnee senior Dez Tate. "It's like coach always says, it was payday and it was time for us to collect our check." With the victory Chesnee improves to 1-2 in region with a very important matchup at Chapman on Friday night to close out the first half of region play for the Eagles. Lady Eagles Collect Big Region Win on Tuesday The Chesnee Lady Eagles collected a big region win on Tuesday night as they used a thirteen point fourth quarter and some key rebounds late to collect their first region win with a 45-38 victory over Broome.
Chesnee and Broome battled to an 11-11 tie at the end of the first quarter as Hailey Wells led Broome with six points and Sierra Bowen scored seven of her career high twenty-four points in the first quarter. The Eagles would grab the halftime lead as they outscored Broome 11-7 in the second quarter to lead 22-18 at halftime. The Centurions came out in the third quarter and were able to hold the Eagles to six points in the quarter and claim a 32-28 lead at the end of the quarter. In the fourth quarter though the Eagles reclaimed their lead and only allowed the Centurions to score six points in the final quarter while getting twelve points from senior Sierra Bowen who went six for six from the free throw line in the fourth quarter. "Sierra had a career high in scoring tonight and we couldn't be more happy for her," said Chesnee head coach Carey Burns. "She has been a steady leader for us all year. She doesn't get too excited and helps our team stay calm in those key situations." The Eagles also got key contributions in the post as they had two players account for thirty rebounds on Tuesday night. Those contributions came from junior Abbey Ray who fell one point shy of a double-double with nine points and twelve rebounds and sophomore Jessa Beach who scored three points and collected eighteen rebounds. "We got big play from Jessa Beach and Abbey Ray tonight," said Coach Burns. "We controlled the boards and I feel like that was what led us to victory tonight." The Eagles will travel to rival Chapman on Friday night in another big region matchup. "We have Chapman on Friday night and this was a big win heading into that game," said Coach Burns. "I've told the girls from here on out we have to play with all we got to pickup the victories." Comments are closed.
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