After the Chesnee girls defeated Chapman earlier in the night the Eagles boys basketball team made it a clean sweep of their rival by defeating the Panthers 61-49 on Tuesday night. "It was a nice win for us to get at home," said Chesnee head coach Andy Pitt. "I'm proud of our guys being able to implement a game plan with no practice days." The Eagles got the game started quick behind a strong performance from junior KJ Valentine who scored six points in the first quarter. Chesnee trailed 7-4 with three minutes to go in the first quarter before finishing on an 11-7 run to claim a 15-14 lead at the end of the quarter. "I felt like KJ set the tone early for us," said Pitt. "We had an advantage on the inside so it was key for us to get it in there to KJ and Cole Hoskyns. I also felt like Drew had some minutes for us as well." Valentine said that the team was focused on coming out strong to start the game. "Our mindset coming into this game was to come out and win," said Valentine. "We were really focused in the locker room and we came out and played well." In the second quarter both teams were tied at twenty with five minutes to go in the quarter when the Eagles started an 11-0 run that lasted for the next three minutes of the game and started from the free throw line as Brady Poole and Cole Hoskyns combined to hit four of five free throws. The Eagles also got key contributions from their bench during the run as they extended their one point first quarter lead to eleven when the halftime buzzer sounded leading 33-22. "The run in the second was big," said Pitt. "You saw bench guys like Ty Dawkins and Praise Edrington play key minutes for us. I thought Jeremiah Burgess also did a fine job tonight as having guys like that step up is huge." The eleven point run turned into the key difference in the game as it was a difference that the Panthers were never able to overcome. In the third quarter the Eagles outscored the Panthers 19-18 as Brady Poole and Praise Edrington combined to score ten of the team's nineteen points. In the fourth quarter both teams scored nine points a piece leading to the win for the Eagles. KJ Valentine ended the game with a double-double as he scored twelve points and registered twelve rebounds. Valentine and Cole Hoskyns had another great game in the post as Hoskyns came away with six points to go along with nine rebounds and Valentine said their advantage in the post is something they want to take advantage of each game. "This year we're bigger and better in the post and we want to take advantage of that," said Valentine. "We want to get every rebound on offense and defense along with getting the put backs on offense." Brady Poole led the Eagles offense with fifteen points on Tuesday night. Chapman had two players finish in double figures as Banks Atkins led with eighteen points and Miles Carter finished the game with fourteen points. Lady Eagles Use Runs And Strong Defense To Defeat PanthersThe Chesnee girls basketball team used a big first quarter run to put themselves ahead early and used that momentum to defeat Chapman 49-36 on Tuesday night.
"It's great putting up two strong games back to back especially on defense," said Chesnee head coach Carey Burns. "It's always a good day when you can pick up a win but even better when you can pick up over your rival who is a very strong team." Chesnee was trailing 7-4 at the five minute mark in the first quarter but went on a 10-0 run to end the quarter that included senior Jessa Beach grabbing a rebound and putting the ball in the hoop as the buzzer sounded to claim a 14-7 lead. Chesnee got another big night from their backcourt as Shenandoah Bishop and Kymiah Blair combined for fourteen of the team's twenty steals in the game. It was Bishop who led the Eagles scoring attack in the first half though as she scored eight points to go along with four steals. "Shenandoah is one of those guards that can read the whole court and does a good job at reading defenses," said Burns. "She does a great job of sneaking back on defense to get us some easy points." Bishop said that starting out strong is big for the team and sets the tone which is what she done on Tuesday ight. "With us starting off strong sets our tone for the game early," said Bishop. "However we start the game off tends to last throughout the game so getting off to a good start was big and gets us pumped to play the rest of the game." In the third quarter the backcourt duo got back to work as they combined to score all seventeen of the Eagles points with Kymiah Blair scoring eleven of those points as Chesnee held a 43-23 lead after three quarters of play. "Kymiah always gives you one-hundred and ten percent when she's on the court," said Burns. "It doesn't matter what you ask her to do because she's going to do it and do it to the best of her ability and as a coach you can't ask for more than that." In the fourth quarter the Panthers outscored the Eagles 13-6 but it wasn't enough and Chesnee came away with the victory. Jessa Beach had another strong night rebounding on Tuesday night as she recorded sixteen rebounds including eleven of those coming in the second half to go along with seven points and two steals. "They done a good job shutting me down there scoring but I worked hard to get those rebounds to help our guards accomplish what they done out front," said Beach. "I wanted to make sure I did my part to help the team win. Once I realized how they were going to cover me during the game I repositioned myself to make sure I was in better spots to get the rebounds." Coach Burns said that she appreciates the efforts by Beach to contribute to the team even when getting a lot of the defenses attention because it's something she understands from her own playing career. "As a former post player I know what it's like to get frustrated under the basket like how they were trying to do to Jessa," said Burns. "When they try to take you away offensively that's when you have do more defensively and around the boards and that's exactly what she done tonight." Kymiah Blair led the Eagles offensively with seventeen points with eight steals and three rebounds. She was followed closely by Shenandoah Bishop who scored sixteen points to go along with six steals and four rebounds. Chapman was led offensively by Krislyn Wilder and Farrah Grohs who both scored nine points followed closely by Caroline Garner who finished the night with eight points. Chesnee will get back to action on Thursday as they travel to Broome in a non-region matchup. Comments are closed.
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