TABOR CITY – Kendell Lesane, Tylik McCall and Jackson Pait combined for 31 points Wednesday night to lead Bladenboro’s Bulldogs to a 42-23 Waccamaw Middle School Conference boys’ basketball victory over Tabor City.
Lesane topped the Bulldog scoring with 13 points, and McCall rang up 10 points. Pait finished with 8 points, and teammate Gavin Elks netted 5 points.
Elks fired in a 3-point shot and another basket to spark the Bulldogs to an early 8-5 lead. Teammate Elijah McCollum pumped in a basket, and Lesane hit a free throw.
Lesane took charge in the 2nd period blistering the nets with 5 baskets. Pait and McCall contributed a basket each as the Bladenboro lead grew to 22-17 at halftime.
McCall filled up the rims with 3 baskets and a foul shot in the 3rd period. Pait pumped in another basket to stretch the Bulldog lead to 31-23.
Pait threw in 2 more baskets in the final quarter. Lesane, Justin Spaulding and Sincere McKinley popped in a basket each, and McCall tacked on a free throw to an 11-0 closing run that broke the game open.
K. Morgan led the Red Devils with 8 points, and R. Norris and N. Hutchinson followed with 6 points each.
Coach Joe Gore’s Bulldogs improved to 2-0 and will host Clarkton School of Discovery Thursday night.
Bladenboro 8 14 9 11 -42
Tabor City 5 12 6 0 – 23
Bladenboro (42) – Jackson Pait 8, Kendell Lesane 13, Tylik McCall 10, Justin Spaulding 2, Gavin Elks 5, Elijah McCollum 2, Jonah Bryan, Hunter Hester, Weston Hilburn, Keonta Hill, Robert McKoy, Blake Britt, Joshua Martin, Sincere McKinley 2, Ashton Davis.
Tabor City (23) – R. Norris 6, N. Hutchinson 6, J. Hardy 3, K. Johnson, K. Morgan 8, J. Hubbard, J. Johnson, J. Vereen, T. Washington, J. Daniels, M. Davis, J. Pierce.
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