Class 5A – 3rd Round Quarter Finals Recap
3rd Round – Quarter Finals Recap Upper State Bracket Gaffney 77 T.L. Hanna 69 Gaffney is back in the Upper State Championship for the first time since 2012. The Indians move to (21-5) on the season and will get a…
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Upper State Bracket
Gaffney 77 T.L. Hanna 69
Gaffney is back in the Upper State Championship for the first time since 2012. The Indians move to (21-5) on the season and will get a rematch of the 2012 game with Dorman.
Mystikal Tate led the Indians with 21 points, Tay Kershaw (2017) 18 points and Bradley Childers (2018) added 12 points.
Dorman 79 Riverside 51
The Cavaliers led from the start and cruised to the easy victory. Ohio University signee Zach Butler led the way with 22 points. Catawba (NC) signee Tae Cannon added 13 points and Bryson Woodruff chipped in 12 points.
Kris White (2017) 6’1 guard finished his career with 14 points for Riverside.
Lower State Bracket
Winston Hill
Irmo 59 Goose Creek 44
‘The Yellow Jackets move to (22-5) on the season under long-time Head coach Tim Whipple. Noah Jenkins led the way with 20 points and was a perfect 10 of 10 from the foul line. Rodney “RJ” Gunn (2017) added 13 points while Winston Hill (2018) added 10 points.
Johnathan Smith finished the night with 11 points for the Gators in the loss. Ruben Monzon (2017) scored 8 points in his final game. The Gators finish the season at (22-3).
Darius Bryant
Blythewood 74 Lexington 71
Charles “Tre” Jackson led the way for the Bengals with 18 points to advance to the Lower State Championship on Saturday night in Florence. Josh Bowers added 12 points, Robert Braswell 11 points, Kameron Riley and Khalil Shakir-Harris added 10 points a piece.
Darius Bryant led the Wildcats in defeat with 26 points and fellow senior Caleb Shackleford added 19 points.
Irmo and Blythewood will match-up for the 3rd time on Saturday. The teams split two games in Region V-5A play this season.
Final 4 Saturday February 25
Gaffney vs Dorman 6:30 P.M. @ Bon Secours Wellness Arena (Greenville)
Irmo vs Blythewood 6:30 P.M. @ Florence Civic Center (Florence)