Guard Jordan Robinson drained six 3-point shots, and Majuan McKoy posted a double-double to lead Elizabethtown to a 54-48 boys basketball victory over Bladenboro Thursday night in the Bladen Five Conference Tournament Championship Game at Bladenboro.
Robinson led the Eagle sco with 18 points, 3 assists, 3 steals and 3 rebounds. Majuan McKoy tallied 15 points and grabbed 13 rebounds. Teammate Allen Owens threw in 10 points, and Cody Butler added 6 points and 5 rebounds. Nijeah McKoy collected 6 rebounds.
Guard Shy’Ron Adams also racked up a double-double for Bladenboro, pouring in 29 points and grabbing 14 rebounds. Adams also had 5 steals.
Guard Da’Shawn Hines filled the stat sheet with 6 points, 6 steals and 7 rebounds. Logan West finished with 5 points, 3 steals and 3 rebounds. Forward Austin Smith scored 4 points, and Jake Butler finished with 5 rebounds and 3 steals.
The Bulldogs only dressed 7 players for the game after losing one starter and one reserve to a disciplinary problem at school.
The Cougars controlled the first 8 minutes of action and built a 15-point lead. Owens dropped in a lay-up, and Majuan McKoy turned a Robinson assist into a lay-up and a 4-0 lead.
Jake Butler popped in a 15-footer for the Bulldogs, but Robinson drilled a 3-point shot, Majuan McKoy banked in a 10-footer and Owens fired in a 3-pointer for a 12-3 Cougar lead.
Adams stole the ball and raced for a Bulldog lay-up, but Robinson bombed in another 3-pointer, and Majuan McKoy scooped in a runner for a 17-5 Cougar lead at the quarter break.
Robinson nailed a 3-pointer from the top of the key, and Majuan McKoy put back a rebound that stretched the Elizabethtown lead to 22-5.
Adams ignited a Bulldog rally with a steal that resulted in a lay-up, and Logan West buried a 3-pointer from the right wing. Adams dashed end-to-end for another lay-up then made a free throw that sliced the deficit to 22-13.
Majuan McKoy worked the paint for a 3-point play and a 25-13 lead, but Hines hit a free throw, and Adams scooted end-to-end for another lay-up. Adams sank 2 free throws to close the gap to 25-18.
Corey McKoy converted a Majuan McKoy assist into a short jumper, but Bladenboro’s Nolan Bryant tossed in a follow shot, and Adams scooped in a lay-up that pulled the Bulldogs to within 27-22 at halftime.
Robinson opened the second half by launching a 3-point bomb, but Hines banked in a runner for the Bulldogs. Robinson found Cody Butler inside for a lay-up then connected on another 3-pointer to extend the Cougar lead to 35-24.
Adams threaded a pass through traffic to Smith for a lay-up, but another Robinson assist produced another Cody Butler lay-up. Hines beat the press for a lay-up and added a free throw.
Adams darted end-to-end for another lay-up that narrowed the gap to 37-31, but Majuan McKoy dropped in a transition lay-up.
Adams sandwiched a follow shot and a lay-up around a pair of Owens free throws that kept Elizabethtown ahead 41-35 at the quarter break.
Owens and Robinson sandwiched 3-point bombs around a West lay-up that vaulted the Cougar lead to 47-37 with 4:13 on the clock.
Adams hit a free throw, bounced another assist to Smith for a lay-up, then scampered end-to-end for another lay-up that brought the Bulldogs to within 47-42 at the 3:13 mark.
Another Robinson assist set up Cody Butler for another lay-up, and JaQuez McKoy canned a 3-pointer from the left wing that widened the Cougar lead to 52-42 with 1:39 left.
Another end-to-end dash by Adams who also popped in 4 more free throws pulled the Bulldogs to within 52-48 with 5 seconds remaining. Two Majuan McKoy free throws sealed the verdict.
Coach Demetrius McLaurin’s Cougars finished the season with a 9-1 record. Coach Phillip Penny’s Bulldogs wound up with a 6-4 record.
B’bro (48) – Da’Shawn Hines 6, Logan West 5, Austin Smith 4, Shy’Ron Adams 29, Nolan Bryant 2, Jake Butler 2, J. P. Russ.
Elizabethtown (54) – Majuan McKoy 15, Jordan Robinson 18, Allen Owens 10, Nijeah McKoy, Tyrek Smith, Cory McKoy 2, Cody Butler 6, Zachary Butler, Rasean McKoy, Fred Wooten, JaQuez McKoy 3, Drew Sholar, Victor Garcia, Zarion Brown.
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