10 Best: Wade Hampton at Bluffton
MVP: Adoinis Kelly-Wade Hampton-2017 Kelly scored a game-high 13 points and had six steals in the 58-55 win over Bluffton. The win improves the Red Devils to 13-3 and dropped the Bobcats to 5-11. Play of the Game: Red…
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Continue ReadingMVP: Adoinis Kelly-Wade Hampton-2017
Kelly scored a game-high 13 points and had six steals in the 58-55 win over Bluffton. The win improves the Red Devils to 13-3 and dropped the Bobcats to 5-11.
Play of the Game: Red Devils 2nd quarter
Wade Hampton outscored the Bobcats 16-6 to expand the lead to 29-19. The Bobcats went scoreless for five minutes in the second quarter.
Best Offensive Performance: Jermaine Patterson-Bluffton-2018
Patterson scored a game-high 19 points and had five steals.
Best Defensive Performance: Wade Hampton
The Red Devils used traps that caused Bluffton to make 15 turnovers.
Intangibles: Bluffton
The Bobcats had to use the JV team at the beginning of the season, because over half the team was playing football. Their football team made it to the third round of the Class 3A playoff. Bluffton lost some of their key players to the new school. May River is a new school in the area which includes kids from Bluffton area. The Bobcats also had a coaching change since last season.
Best Underclassman: Jermaine Patterson-Bluffton-2018
Patterson is a 5-11 guard for the Bobcats. Patterson is very aggressive on the defensive side of the floor. Patterson will gamble for the steal and force the defender in to a bad turnover. Patterson shoots the three and will drive hard to the basket.
Under the Radar: Samuel Gray-Wade Hampton-2020
Gray is a 6-0 guard for the Red Devils. Gray is a young player who is very quick to pressure the ball handler. Gray is a starter for Wade Hampton he will drive to the hole and shoot the three. Gray is a player to watch in the coming years at Wade Hampton.
Guy off The Bench: Tyrese Sandgren-Bluffton-2017
Sandgren came off the bench to score 14 points for the Bobcats. Sandgren brought energy off the bench to keep the Bobcats in the game.
Best Project: Ramell Rivers-Bluffton-2019
Rivers is a 5-10 guard that comes off the bench ready to put pressure on the other team. Davis is in his first year of playing varsity basketball for the Bobcats. Rivers tries to make the offensive player make mistakes when he puts pressure on the ball handler.
Takeaway:
Wade Hampton went on the road to score 58-55 with the win over the home team Bluffton. This was a makeup game from earlier this month, because of having no referee for the game on the earlier date. The Red Devils and Bobcats played Saturday and will play again on Tuesday. The Red Devils have improved since I last saw them at Orangeburg Sweet 16. Wade Hampton improvements are there pressure on the defense and driving to hole on offense. Bobcats are trying to get back to the time when they were region champions and competed in the playoffs. Also, if you go to a Bobcats home game you need to try their hot dogs. The hot dog buns are perfect and the hot dogs are cooked to perfection.