BLADENBORO – Hunter Hester and Tylik McCall combined for 29 points Thursday night to lead unbeaten Bladenboro to a 51-25 Waccamaw Middle School Conference boys’ basketball victory over Tabor City.
Coach Joe Gore’s Bulldogs won the Waccamaw’s A League with an 8-0 conference record and posted a 10-0 overall record.
Hester topped all scorers with 16 points, and McCall fired in 13 points. Jackson Pait and Sincere McKinley tallied 6 points each for the winners, and center Kendell Lesane added 4 points.
Khalil Morgan and Nasir Hutchinson shared scoring honors for Tabor City with 10 points each.
McCall threw in 3 baskets, and Hester worked the paint for 2 baskets to start the game. Pait bombed in a 3-point shot, and Gavin Elks netted a basket as the Bulldogs grabbed an early 15-8 lead.
Hester and Lesane pounded the boards for 2 baskets each in the 2nd quarter. Pait popped in a basket, and McCall made a free throw as the Bulldog lead grew to 26-16 at halftime.
McCall cashed in 4 straight free throws in the 3rd quarter and added a basket. Hester sank 2 free throws and a basket to extend the Bladenboro lead to 36-22.
McKinley blistered the nets with a trio of baskets in the final period. Hester dropped in 2 baskets, Justin Spaulding and Joshua Martin pumped in a basket each, and Pait converted a free throw.
Tabor City 8 8 6 3 – 25
Bladenboro 15 11 10 15 -51
Tabor City (25) – Rylan Norris 3, Nasir Hutchinson 10, Jordon Hardy 3, Khalil Morgan 10, Jaylon Hubbard, Jakai Johnson, Javion Vereen, Tymion Washington, Jodaci Daniels, Myles Davis 2, Javon Pierce.
Bladenboro (51) – Jackson Pait 6, Kendell Lesane 4, Tylik McCall 13, Justin Spaulding 2, Gavin Elks 2, Elijah McCollum, Jonah Bryan, Hunter Hester 16, Weston Hilburn, Keonta Hill, Aldyn Ross, Robert McKoy, Blake Britt, Joshua Martin 2, Sincere McKinley 6, Ashton Davis.
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