Chesnee used a dominant second half along with a strong defensive effort to capture a 59-15 victory over Laurens Academy on Monday night.
"I feel like we shot the ball a lot better tonight than we did last week," said Chesnee head coach Carey Burns. "We had a hard time scoring last week but tonight I think it got our girl's confidence up and I saw a lot of areas where we have improved." The Eagles got a big night from their senior backcourt duo of Kymiah Blair and Shenandoah Bishop who combined to score thirty-one points along with coming away with sixteen of the team's thirty-four steals on Monday night. "Kymiah and Shenandoah bring a lot of intensity to the court," said Burns. "They help us speed the game up and bring a lot of pressure to the other team's ballhandlers. Tonight they just played an excellent game." Bishop and Blair came into Monday night's game believing they might have a chance to have a big game. "Tonight was big about getting pressure on the guards because we thought we could get some big steals coming into the game," said senior guard Kymiah Blair. "Once we put the pressure on them we were able to pick up the steals and finish with layups." Fellow guard Shenandoah Bishop seconded the thoughts of Blair saying, "We came into this game just wanting to be aggressive and we did just that." At the end of the first quarter the game was close as the Eagles led 11-7 but in the second quarter the Eagles defense came to life holding Laurens Academy to only six points in the quarter to hold a 32-13 halftime lead. Bishop and Blair accounted for eighteen first half points along with eight steals when the buzzer sounded to end the half. Chesnee continued the defensive pressure in the second half as they held Laurens Academy to two points in the second half. Blair led the team in scoring in the third quarter with seven points while Bishop led the team in the fourth quarter with six points of her own. They also got a strong second half from senior Jamaya Evans who scored eight of her ten points in the second half to go along with four rebounds and four steals. Jessa Beach led the Eagles in rebounds with eight on Monday night but was trailed closely by junior Brie Smith with seven rebounds to go along with her six points and four steals. Coach Burns says that Smith being able to play several different places on the court has helped take pressure off other players on the team. "Brie is right behind Jessa in rebounds because you can always count on her to get in great rebounding position," said Burns. "She takes a little pressure off Jessa in the post and she can play anywhere on the court I need her to play." Kymiah Blair led all scorers with eighteen points to go along with nine steals and three rebounds while Shenandoah Bishop finished the game with thirteen points, seven steals, and three rebounds. In the boys game Chesnee used a 39-5 run over the second and third quarters to claim a 59-21 victory over Laurens Academy. Chesnee was led by freshman Brady Poole who scored eighteen points with fourteen of those coming in the first half. KJ Valentine also scored in double figures registering ten points, eight rebounds, and two steals. Cole Hoskyns led the Eagles in rebounding with ten rebounds to go along with six points, four steals, and two blocks. Jermiah Burgess led the Eagles scoring in the second half with six of his nine total points on Monday night. Chesnee will return to action on Tuesday night in a home game against Chapman before finishing the week out on Thursday at Broome. Comments are closed.
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