BLADENBORO – Shy’Ron Adams fired in 8 of his game-high 26 points in the final quarter as Bladenboro’s Bulldogs pulled out a 44-40 Bladen Five Middle School Conference boys basketball victory Thurday night over previously unbeaten Elizabethtown.
The Cougars took a 33-32 lead into the final period, but Adams tallied 4 baskets, and teammate Donavan Stone tossed in 2 more as the Bulldogs closed the game with a 12-7 surge.
Guard JaQuez McKoy pumped in 3 baskets for the Cougars in the final period, and Nysaan Wooten added a free throw.
Jaquez McKoy topped the Elizabethtown scoring with 19 points. Brady Hollingsworth followed with 6 points, and Ra’Sean McKoy, Malcolm Bolden and Nysaan Wooten totaled 4 points each.
Stone finished with 10 points to follow Adams in the Bulldog scoring column.
Adams threw in 3 baskets and a free throw in the first quarter as the Bulldogs edged ahead 12-10. Stone and Joshua Lewis dropped in a basket each, and Brycen Blackmon hit a free throw
Brody Hollingsworth worked the paint for a pair of Cougar baskets in the first quarter. JaQuez McKoy nailed a 3-point shot, Lefrederick Wooten flipped in a basket, and Nysaan Wooten made a free throw.
Adams and Bryley Williams bombed in 3-point shots in the second quarter. Stone tallied another basket, and Adams cashed in a free throw for a 21-16 Bulldog halftime lead.
Ra’Sean McKoy connected for a Cougar basket, and Lefrederick Wooten, Nysaan Wooten, Hollingsworth and Malcolm Bolden hit one free throw each in the second quarter.
JaQuez McKoy sparked a third period Cougar rally with a 3-point shot, 3 more baskets and a free throw. Bolden drained a 3-point shot, Ra’Sean McKoy popped in a basket, and Hollingsworth and Nysaan Wooten netted free throws as Elizabethtown trimmed the margin to 33-32.
Adams kept the Bulldogs ahead with 3 baskets and a free throw in the quarter, and Stone and Andrew Pait contributed a basket each.
The Bulldogs improved to 3-2, while the Cougars dropped to 4-1 in league play. Elizabethtown was playing without 2 starters and 3 other players due to the flu.
E’twn (40) – JaQuez McKoy 19, Lefrederick Wooten 3, Brady Hollingsworth 6, Ra’Sean McKoy 4, Raymond Autry, Malcolm Bolden 4, Ahmad Powell, Marvin McKiver, Ryan Yandle, Nysaan Wooten 4.
B’bro (44) – Shy’Ron Adams 26, Joshua Lewis 2, Bryley Williams 3, Donovan Stone 10, Andrew Pait 2, Jaylen Morse, Brycen Blackmon 1, Gary Parker, Walter Bealon, Elijah Crabtree, Jude Stanley, Jarrett Kinlaw, Ricky Brisson.
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