The Chesnee Lady Eagles snapped a twelve game losing streak to the Landrum Lady Cardinals with a 45-34 win on Monday night as it was the Eagles first win over the Cardinals since a 53-52 win on January 29th, 2013. "This was a big win for my girls,” said Chesnee head coach Carey Burns. “We played four games last week and have three scheduled for this week so we have tired legs. This win will give us momentum heading into the remaining games this week and heading into region play." The Cardinals got the game started with an 8-2 run sparked by three pointers from Kara Knight and Bailey Butler. The Eagles soon cut the lead to two thanks to back to back baskets from Jessa Beach and Kymiah Blair. Another pair of threes extended the Landrum lead to 14-8 but back to back baskets by Abbey Ray and a free throw from Jamekia Evans cut the Landrum lead to 14-12 at the end of the first quarter. An Evans layup with six minutes left in the second quarter gave the Eagles their first lead of the night at 17-16. Landrum ended the half on a 7-1 run that was sparked by a Bailey Butler three pointer and Landrum used the run to build a 25-21 halftime lead. Chesnee opened the second half on a 12-2 run to take a 33-27 lead at the midway point of the third quarter with Jessa Beach and Kymiah Blair accounting for ten of the points during the run. The Cardinals responded with a 6-0 run to end the third quarter and into start of the fourth quarter to tie the game at 33. Free throw shooting in the fourth proved to be the difference maker for the Eagles as they made ten of thirteen attempts including a stretch of eight straight in the quarter to outscore Landrum 12-3 over the last quarter to pull out the win. "We shot the ball well from the line all game but to shoot well with the game on the line is all because of hard work during practice,” said Coach Burns. Jessa Beach and Kymiah lead all scorers with thirteen points apiece while Brie Smith and Abbey Ray each added eight points apiece for the Eagles. Bailey Butler lead the Cardinals with eleven points as Kara Knight scored eight points and Malani Hines added five points herself. Chesnee will be back in action on Thursday as they host the Blacksburg Wildcats starting at 6:30 PM with the boys game to follow. BOYS GAME The Landrum Cardinals downed the Chesnee Eagles by a score of 60-50 in a physical back and forth game on Monday night.
"When faced with adversity you have to maintain composure,” said Chesnee head coach Andy Pitt. “Unfortunately, it is a hard lesson to learn and we learned it tonight." Chesnee's Alijah Means got the scoring started but a quick 5-0 run for the Cardinals sparked by an Ethan Dugat gave the Cardinals a 5-2 lead. Alijah Means added another basket for the Eagles but Isaiah Washington's five first quarter points sparked the Cardinals to an 11-7 lead after one period of play. Cole Hoskyns got a put back to open the second quarter and pull the Eagles to within two but the Cardinals responded with a 9-2 run that started with an Austin Harris three pointer. The run sparked a fifteen point quarter for the Cardinals that helped them build a 26-17 halftime lead. Nyquille O'Fair helped the the Eagles outscore the Cardinals 14-12 in the third quarter by scoring seven third quarter points. In a game where it seemed to be all about runs with Landrum responding to every Chesnee run with a bigger run of their own. Chesnee cut the Cardinal lead to five but the Cardinals responded with a 14-5 run to build a 52-38 lead with just over two and a half minutes left and that run led the Cardinals to outscore the Eagles 22-17 and pull out a 60-50 victory. Isaiah Washington and Ethan Dugat combined for thirty-nine points for the Cardinals as Washington led the way with twenty-four points with Dugat adding fifteen points. The Eagles had three players finish in double figures as AJ Littlejohn led the way with fifteen points while Nyquille O'Fair added eleven points and KJ Valentine added ten more points. Comments are closed.
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