252 HoopState TipOff: Southern Wake/Trinity Christian Recap

<!-- wp:heading {"level":4} --> <h4 class="wp-block-heading">Southern Wake Academy put Trinity Christian School to the ultimate test at the 252 HoopState TipOff. Take a look at the game recap and standouts.</h4> <!-- /wp:heading --> <!-- wp:paragraph {"align":"center"} --> <p class="has-text-align-center"><em>There's no better time to sign up for PrepHoopsNC! Get 30% OFF payment on your first billing cycle with offer code: <strong>JAYANDERSON30</strong>, sign up <a href="https://prephoops.com/subscribe" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener"><strong>TODAY</strong></a>!</em></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Trinity Christian School Crusaders took home the opening tip against the Southern Wake Academy to kick things off. [player_tooltip player_id='1900239' first='Justin' last='Caldwell'] would set the early tone with the first five points for TCS but SWA would secure an early lead with some early 3-pointers from [player_tooltip player_id='1086990' first='Alex' last='Rechetnikov']. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='1220109' first='Devaughn' last='Brown'] and [player_tooltip player_id='2075116' first='Linwood' last='Rowe'] would soon get going as SWA held an early 8-5 lead before going on a run of their own and leading 16-10 with two minutes left in the first frame. After one, TCS held the lead over SWA 18-12.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>TCS would hold a six-point lead throughout the second quarter thanks to their defense but the offense would stall in the second quarter. They would only score eight points as a team and SWA used it to their advantage to go on a run to close out the half. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='2130040' first='Seung' last='Surmons'] knocked down a 3-pointer to spark a run with 3:19 left in the first half. After that, they would go on a 12-4 run to close out the half thanks for a 3-pointer at the buzzer by Rechetnikov to take a 28-26 lead at halftime.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>In the second half, Rechetnikov would continue his hot streak as he scored six straight points to push the lead to 34-26 before TCS would respond. Brown would explode for his best quarter to keep TCS in it as SWA led by just two with 1:45 left in the third quarter. A fastbreak layup would make it 44-40 from Surmons before a quick surge from TCS would make things 46-44 in SWA's favor heading into the third quarter.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A 3-pointer from [player_tooltip player_id='1385670' first='Chris' last='Crudup'] would push the SWA lead to 49-44 with 6:20 to go in to game before a 10-0 run from TCS would flip things completely around. Caldwell, Brown and Rowe started to find their rhythm and with 3:11 left in the game, they led 54-49. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Things were stuck on 55-49 as both offenses stalled amid stifling defensive displays from both squads. TCS would find their bearings with two minutes left to hold onto the lead until the very end.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Final - Trinity Christian 60 - Southern Wake Academy 56</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:acf/evaluation-block {"name":"acf/evaluation-block","data":{"player_evaluations_0_player":["2075116"],"_player_evaluations_0_player":"field_62ab9d62ecf2c","player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":["override_image"],"_player_evaluations_0_override_profile_image":"override-player-profile-image","player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":2278256,"_player_evaluations_0_player_featured_image":"field_62f141137ead9","player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"","_player_evaluations_0_not_in_database":"field_62aba48cecf2d","player_evaluations_0_evaluation":"Rowe was impressive in setting the tone in the painted area on both ends of the floor. 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