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Photos by Kenneth Armstrong
Union’s Spartans scored the last 9 points of the game to rally past East Bladen 58-55 in Four County Conference jayvee boys basketball action at Union Friday night.
Sophmore Xavier Wooten sank 6 of 8 free throws and scored 8 of his team-high 16 points, and Deondre Newkirk dropped in 2 baskets to help build a 55-49 Eagle lead with 1:20 remaining before the Spartans rallied.
Darrell Banks and Sadique Ingram bombed in two 3-point shots each in the opening quarter as the Eagles edged ahead 18-17. Center Zaire Turner-Dobson worked the paint for 2 baskets in the period.
Wooten muscled in 4 baskets in the second quarter, Banks nailed another 3-point shot, and Turner-Dobson dropped in 2 more baskets as the Eagles stretched their lead to 33-26 at halftime.
Ingram buried another 3-point shot and added another basket in the third quarter, but Union fought back to within 42-36 at the quarter break.
Ingram finished with 11 points, and Banks followed with 10 points. Turner-Dobson totaled 8 points.
East Bladen will travel to West Bladen Tuesday.
East Bladen (55) – Greyson Heustess, Darrell Banks 10, Zaire Turner-Dobson 8, Anthony Wooten, Messiah Leach 2, Sadique Ingram 11, Braydon McDowell, Joshua Wyatt, Deondre Newkirk 4, Xavier Wooten 16, Shawn Marshall, Wilson Bolden 2, Curtis McCormick 2.
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