BLADENBORO — Sincere McKinley and Corben Chadwick combined for 21 points and keyed a 9-1 closing run that lifted Bladenboro to a 33-31 Waccamaw Middle School Conference boys’ basketball victory over Elizabethtown Thursday night.
Coach Joe Gore’s Bulldogs secured 2nd place in the Waccamaw’s ‘AA’ Division with a 3-1 record and are 6-3 overall. Bladenboro will return to action in the Bladen County Tournament that is slated to begin on February 26. Elizabethtown, now 3-6, will host Tar Heel Tuesday.
Elizabethtown carried a 26-21 into the final period and Jayden Lewis popped in a pair of baskets to keep the Cougars on top 30-24. Brooks Carroll banged in a basket and a free throw for the Bulldogs. Chadwick fired in a trio of baskets to tie the score. McKinley sank a free throw, then stole the ball and sent a pass to Chadwick for a lay-up and a 33-30 Bulldog lead. Damian Maynor canned a free throw for the final Cougar point.
Chadwick led the Bulldogs with 12 points, and McKinley followed with 9 points. Isaiah Minus tossed in 6 points. Lewis poured in 18 points to lead the Cougars. Teammate Fox Sutton drained a pair of 3-point shots for 6 points, and Tykee Hill tallied 4 points.
McKinley rang up a trio of baskets to start the game. Teammate Gaston Russ buried a 3-point shot, and Minus netted a free throw for a 10-6 lead. Lewis answered McKinley by scoring all 3 of the Elizabethtown baskets in the period.
Sutton drilled in his 3-pointers in the 2nd quarter. Lewis cashed in 3 free throws and another basket. Hill and Prince McKoy powered in baskets as the Cougars built a 21-19 lead. Chadwick pumped in 2 baskets, Minus delivered a 3-point shot, and McKinley flipped in a basket to keep the Bulldogs close.
Lewis and Hill muscled in 3rd period baskets for the Cougars and Lewis tacked on a free throw for a 24-21 Elizabethtown lead. Minus scored the only Bladenboro basket in the quarter.
Elizabethtown 6 15 5 5 — 31
Bladenboro 10 9 2 12 — 33
Elizabethtown (31) — Jayden Lewis 18, Fox Sutton 6, Tykee Hill 4, Prince McKoy 2, Damian Maynor 1, Brandon McKinley, J.J. High, Chase Moultrie, Kollin Adams, Julian McLaney.
Bladenboro (33) — Zion Ellison, Jace Lesane, Keithan Russ, Drake Gause, Corbin Chadwick 12, Sincere McKinley 9, Gaston Russ 3, Isaiah Minus 6, Uzziah Gause, Devan Stanley, Malcolm Melvin, Cole Brisson, Brooks Carroll 3, Aviion Murphy, Jayden Ruffin, Luke Bryant.
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