Chesnee's huge second half was not enough to overcome Southside as the Eagles fell 71-65 on the road Tuesday night. Southside jumped out to a 22-14 lead after the first quarter of play behind a strong seven points from their center RJ Campbell but Chesnee's Dez Tate helped keep the Eagles in the game with ten first quarter points. A pair of free throws with three minutes left in the first quarter pushed Tate over the 1,000 point mark for his career. "Hitting the 1,000 point mark is big for any high school player,” said Chesnee head coach Andy Pitt. “I'm just pleased we got to see him accomplish this milestone.” Southside continued their strong play into the second quarter as they opened the quarter on a 14-0 run to give them a nineteen point lead with six minutes left in the half. Chesnee came out firing to open the second half to pull within ten points midway through the third quarter behind a pair of three pointers from Alijah Means. Chesnee continued trying to battle back in the fourth quarter including a 13-0 run that gave the Eagles the lead with two minutes left. Unfortunately for the Eagles, RJ Campbell responded with a layup to give the Tigers the lead back and Southside held on for the 71-65 win. Chesnee Head Coach Andy Pitt was pleased with how his team played in the second half outscoring the Tigers 37-24. "I told the guys after the game we can't get down by twenty points because it takes a lot of energy to come back,” said Coach Pitt. "To see us fight back was big for us." Dez Tate had a big night for the Eagles as he finished with a game high twenty-six points while Alijah Means and Matthew Lawter both finished in double figures as Means poured in twenty-one points and Lawter added ten points. RJ Anderson finished with twenty-five points for the Tigers, and Jalon Calhoun added thirteen points. Chesnee travels to Broome on Friday in a key region game for both teams. Lady Eagles Fall to SouthsideThe Southside Lady Tigers used a huge second quarter to down the Chesnee Lady Eagles 52-37
Sierra Bowen got the game started off for the Eagles as she made a three pointer to open the scoring but eight points from Anaya Muhammad helped Southside to a 15-11 lead after the first quarter. A 17-1 run to close out the first and open the second quarter by the Lady Tigers helped them open up a 28-13 halftime lead. Chesnee battled back in the third quarter but were unable to get the Southside lead under ten. Bowen hit two beautiful three pointers for the Eagles and strong defense from Kymiah Blair helped limit Southside star Anaya Muhammad to just three points in the quarter all from the free throw line. Chesnee tried to make a run in the fourth quarter but wasn’t able to overcome the early deficit to the Tigers. “We made some mistakes and got down in the first half,” said Chesnee head coach Carey Burns. “It was nice to see the girls come out though and play hard in the second half.” Sierra Bowen led the Lady Eagles with twelve points while Jessa Beech also finished in double figures for the Lady Eagles with ten points. Comments are closed.
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