East Columbus 41, Tar Heel 39, Double Overtime
LAKE WACCAMAW – Adrion Jenrette and Samuel Hampton combined for a trio of 3-balls and 12 points in overtime Thursday that lifted East Columbus to a 41-39 double overtime victory over Tar Heel in Waccamaw Middle School boys’ basketball action.
The teams were tied 29-29 after regulation play. Tavion Smith sank 4 free throws and a basket for Tar Heel in the overtime periods. Teammate Axel Martinez swished 2 free throws, and Kaleb Gaddy and Ahmarie White added a free throw each.
Tavion Smith finished with a game-high 18 points for the Panthers. Teammate Dguan Smith followed with 6 points, and Gaddy and White tallied 5 points each.
Tymarion Baldwin led the Hawk scorers with 15 points, and Jenrette and Hampton scored 9 points each.
Gaddy and Dguan Smith sparked the Panthers to an early 11-3 lead by firing in 2 baskets each, and Tavion Smith drained a 3-point shot. White popped in 2 baskets in the 2nd quarter, and Josiah Belle-Robinson, Tavion Smith and Dguan Smith pumped in a basket each. Martinez hit a free throw to pad the Tar Heel halftime lead to 22-12.
Baldwin rallied the Hawks scoring 8 points in the 3rd period to key a 13-1 East rally that vaulted the Hawks in front 25-23.
Tavion Smith’s free throw accounted for the lone Tar Heel point in the 3rd quarter, then he bombed in a pair of 3-point shots in the final period to pull the Panthers even at 29-29.
Tar Heel 11 11 1 6 6 4 –39
East Columbus 3 9 13 4 6 6– 41
TH (39) – Josiah Belle-Robinson 2, Tavion Smith 18, Kaleb Gaddy 5, Dguan Smith 6, Ahmarie White 5, Wendell Way, Ahdaren Toney, Derek Richardson, Jaquan Lesane, Demarius Guions, Cedrick McKiver, Dylan McLaurin, Axel Martinez 3, Dylan Hernandez, Jonathan Ortiz.
EC (41)- Samuel Hampton 9, Braedon Jenkins 2, Adrion Jenrette 9, Jaylen Brown 3, Xavier King, Ryan Cobb, Bryce Jenkins 2, Gauge Simmons, ZayVann Hines, Jacob Stukes, Tymarion Baldwin 15, Khair Bowens.
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