Chesnee used a big first quarter run to pick up a 53-34 win against St. Joseph's on Tuesday night as the Eagles honored their senior basketball players.
"It means a lot to pickup the win on senior night," said Eagles senior Jessa Beach. "I love to play with this group and I'm glad we were able to pull out the win tonight." Beach scored the first bucket of the game on a nice bank shot in the lane but St. Josephs quickly tied it up with a bucket from Tiffany Helmer. A minute later Beach hit another shot, this time sparking a 16-0 run for the Eagles. The Eagles got a combined ten points from seniors Kymiah Blair and Shenandoah Bishop during the run to give the Eagles an 18-2 lead after one quarter of play. One thing that helped sparked the Eagles was Bishop's and Blair's ability to jump into the passing lanes and get out in transition for easy baskets. "Our speed helped us get into the passing lanes and then we were able to make good passes to get easy baskets," said senior Kymiah Blair. Chesnee head coach Carey Burns was very impressed with how her team started the game on Tuesday night. "I thought the girls came out and played great defense," said Burns. "That led to good looks on the offensive end." St. Joseph's came out with some fire to start the second quarter as Tiffany Helmer sank a three to cap off a 5-2 run to open the second quarter that pulled the Knights to within thirteen points. After a Chesnee timeout stalled the Knight's momentum, the Eagles went on a 5-0 run of their own which was capped off by a Brie Smith jumper leading the Eagles to a 27-12 halftime lead. The Knights came out strong as they opened the second half on a 5-0 run to pull to within ten points of the Eagles on Tiffany Helmer's third three of the night. Chesnee closed the quarter the quarter on a 10-5 run to put their lead at 37-22 after three quarters of play. After St Josephs made the opening basket of the fourth quarter the Eagles used a 16-4 run to build a twenty-five point lead. Chesnee used a balanced scoring attack during the run as six different Eagles scored. The Knights ended the game on a 6-0 run but the lead was to great for them to overcome as Chesnee held on for a 53-34 win. Before the game the Eagles honored their four seniors: Kymiah Blair, Jessa Beach, Shenandoah Bishop, and Jamekia Evans. "I told them before the game this was for our seniors," said Burns. "They have done a great job this year especially mentoring our younger players." The seniors came up big for the Eagles as they each scored at least six points with three of them reaching double figures. Kymiah Blair finished with 13 points while fellow seniors Jessa Beach and Shenandoah Bishop each finished the game with 10 points. The fourth senior Jamekia Evans finished the game with six points while the Eagles also got a big night from junior Brie Smith who scored 12 points on Tuesday night. St. Joseph's Tiffany Helmer led all scorers with 17 points on Tuesday night. The Eagles will be back in action on Wednesday night as they take on county rival Landrum in another key region game. Comments are closed.
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