SPARTANBURG, SC - The Chesnee boys' basketball team went on the road to play up a level on Monday night and behind a big second quarter performance were able to put distance between themselves and Broome while coming away with a 70-57 victory over the Centurions.
The victory on Monday is a little bit of revenge for the Eagles as they fell in a tough back-and-forth battle with the Centurions just last week. "We played well tonight," said Chesnee head coach Andy Pitt. "I think for our first game last we week we were a little amped up and tonight we just kind of settled in from the start. We played well last week, and I knew if we could keep that going into this week that we'd have a good chance here tonight." The scoring for the Eagles was spread out amongst numerous different players in the game and it got started with Daniel Wease, who led the Eagles hot start in the first quarter with nine points as he and Dawson Pruitt (5) combined to score 14 of the Eagles 18 points in the quarter. Chesnee was in line to be trailing by only one point at the end of the first quarter, but Broome's Kamajay Brackett-Brannon hit a half-court shot at the buzzer to give the Centurions a 22-18 lead when the quarter ended. The Eagles got the second quarter started with a basket from Elijah Brown and he continued his strong play in the quarter scoring 12 of the Eagles 25 points in the quarter. "Eli is going to be a special player as he's just a freshman," said Pitt. "He has all the tools and is still learning. He's got the ability to rebound and knock down threes like he does and he's a very versatile player which can be tough for other teams to defend." Chesnee also used a strong defensive effort in the second quarter as they limited the Centurions to six points in the quarter. Coach Pitt said that his team calls three straight stops a kill and said that with their effort in the second was basically a quarter kill with how well they played. "We talk about having kills on defense which are three straight possessions with our defense not allowing points and I'm not sure how many we had in the second quarter but it felt like the who quarter was a kill to itself," said Pitt. "We just had a great defensive effort from our whole team especially in the second quarter." In the third quarter the Eagles continued to use strong play on the boards as forwards Kenton Proctor (8) and Daniel Wease (6) combined to score 14 of the Eagles 19 points in the quarter. Both players finished the game with double-doubles as Wease had 17 points with 18 rebounds and two steals while Proctor had 14 points, 10 rebounds, one steal, and one block. Pitt said that what his two frontcourt players did against a much bigger group was a testament to how hard those guys worked. "Daniel is our unquestioned leader as he walks the walk and talks the talk," said Pitt. "Tonight, the way him and KJ dominated on the boards at maybe 6'1" against two guys around 6'6" and 6'4" it was impressive as they wouldn't be denied." Broome was able to cut the deficit later in the fourth quarter outscoring the Eagles 16-8 in the quarter, but it wasn't enough as Chesnee came away with the victory. Pitt said that his team will look to build on the momentum from the victory as they go into matchups against Chapman on Wednesday and Boiling Springs on Friday. "We're going to for sure try to parlay the momentum from tonight into our games going forward," said Pitt. "We'll enjoy this game tonight and then get ready for Chapman on Wednesday. We're going to take it day-by-day and step-by-step because with a young team you don't want to look too far ahead." Wease and Proctor weren't the only Eagles to score in double figures on Monday night as Kaylob Blanton scored 15 points with four steals, three rebounds, and a block while Elijah Brown ended the game with 14 points and five rebounds. Brady Poole led Broome in scoring with 17 points on Monday night. GIRLS GAME In the girls' game the Lady Eagles played tough but were unable to get a victory as they fell to Broome 46-26 on Monday night. The game was close at halftime as the Eagles trailed 20-9 but Broome used a big third quarter to put distance between themselves and the Eagles. Chesnee was led by Pearl Holloway who had a double-double with 12 points and 15 rebounds. Broome was led by Destiny West who led all scorers with 18 points and was joined in double figures by Shamya Wilkins who had 13 points of her own. Both Chesnee teams will be back in action on Wednesday when they host Chapman with the girls' game slated to begin at 6:00 PM. Comments are closed.
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