Heide Trask opened Tuesday night’s game at East Bladen with a 13-1 spurt and went on to defeat the Eagles 69-49 in Four County Conference boys basketball action.
The Eagles were held scoreless until senior Jermaine Robinson sank a free throw with 3:10 left in the first period. Robinson then drained back-to-back 3-point shots that sliced the Titan lead to 13-7.
Trask’s Jacquan London scored in transition, but East Bladen’s Eian Hines turned a Robinson assist into a lay-up that closed the gap to 15-9. Jonathan Jordan’s follow shot put the Titans up 17-9 at the quarter break.
A pair of Tyrease Armstrong baskets widened the gap to 23-10, but Robinson and sophmore Sincere Smith sank 2 free throws each, and junior Eian Hines banked in an 8-footer to cut the Trask lead to 25-16.
An Ethan Hines assist produced a Smith lay-up, and Eian Hines canned 2 free throws to keep the Eagles within 28-20. Trask responded with 5 straight points, but Robinson put back a rebound and drilled a 3-point shot to close the gap to 33-25 at halftime.
Ethan Hines stuck back a rebound, and brother Eian Hines banked in a 6-footer and made 2 free throws to keep the Eagles within 40-31 midway the third quarter.
However Trask reeled off 9 straight points, before senior Chris Cromartie muscled in a follow, and junior Denzel Johnson drilled in a 3-point shot to keep East within 51-36 at the quarter break.
Johnson connected on two more 3-point shots in the final quarter, and Eian Hines nailed another 3-ball. Ethan Hines drove for a pair of lay-ups in the period, but Trask pulled away behind 8 points from Tiywan Ballard.
Robinson topped the East Bladen scoring with 14 points – all in the first half. Eian Hines finished with 13 points and 4 rebounds. Johnson totaled 9 points on a trio of second-half 3-balls. Ethan Hines added 6 points and 4 rebounds.
Guard Tynaffit Davis led the Titans with 14 points, and Jordan followed with 13 points. London and Ballard finished with 12 points each. The Titans outrebounded the Eagles 42-19.
The Eagles, now 2-9 in league play and 5-14 overall, will host Wallace-Rose Hill Thursday night.
East Bladen (49) –Jermaine Robinson 14, Dayvon Powell, Ethan Hines 6, Eian Hines 13, Chris Cromartie 2, Trevor Lloyd, Adonis Avery, Derrick Burney, Denzel Johnson 9, Sincere Smith 5, Demetrius Wooten.
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