TAR HEEL –Braylon Cromartie scored 6 of his game-high 12 points during a 14-0 4th quarter run that carried Elizabethtown to a 39-19 Waccamaw Middle School Conference boys basketball victory over Tar Heel Tuesday night.
The Cougars led 25-19 after 3 periods, before Cromartie rang up a trio of baskets, and teammate Tevin McLean buried a 3-point shot and a free throw. Torrean Cogdell dropped in a pair of baskets for Elizabethtown in the period.
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Photos by Kenneth Armstrong
Isaiah Lee followed Cromartie on the Elizabethtown scoring list with 7 points, and Ayden Williams followed with 6 points. Cogdell added 4 points. Tavion Smith matched Cromartie with 12 points for Tar Heel, and teammate Josiah Belle-Robinson finished with 7 points.
Lee sparked the Cougars to an early 10-7 lead with 2 baskets and a free throw. Cromartie bombed in a 3-ball, and John Monroe netted a basket. Tavion Smith burnt the nets with a trio of 1st quarter buckets for the Panthers, and Belle-Robinson canned a free throw.
Belle-Robinson nailed a 3-point shot in the 2nd period, and Tavion Smith delivered a pair of baskets. Cromartie, Lee and Sheldon Melvin answered with baskets for Elizabethtown, and Cromartie made a free throw to pad the Cougar lead to 17-14 at halftime.
Williams took charge in the 3rd quarter nailing a 3-point shot, another basket and a free throw. McLean supplied another Cougar basket as the margin grew to 25-19. Belle-Robinson hurled in another 3-point shot, and Tavion Smith delivered another basket for Tar Heel.
Coach Larry Williams’ Cougars evened their record at 4-4 and will travel to Whiteville Central for a make-up game Wednesday. Tar Heel will close out their regular season at East Columbus Thursday.
Elizabethtown 10 7 8 14 – 39
Tar Heel 7 7 5 0 – 19
Elizabethtown (39) – Isaiah Lee 7, Ayden Williams 6, Torrean Cogdell 4, Braylon Cromartie 12, Ronnie Covington, Tevin McLean 6, John Monroe 2, Gereal Maye, C. J. McCracken, Sheldon Melvin 2.
Tar Heel (19) – Josiah Belle-Robinson 7, Tavion Smith 12, Kaleb Gaddy, Dguan Smith, Ahmarie White, Wendell Way, Ahdaren Toney, Derek Richardson, Jaquan Lesane, Demarius Gunions, Cedrick McKiver, Dylan McLaurin, Axel Martinez, Dylan Hernandez, Jonathan Ortiz.
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