5A State Championship: Byrnes vs Lexington

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The last game of the night featured the Class 5A State Championship Game of Byrnes vs Lexington. The nightcap ended Day 1 of State Championship Games from the Florence Center and the <strong><em>#TheRoadToFlorence </em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>Wildcats Claim First Title Since 2000:</em></strong> </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Lexington HS Wildcats waited 24 years to get that next state championship. The Wildcats defeated Byrnes HS 67-48 tonight to claim the Class 5A State Championship. The Wildcats finished the season at (28-2) with both losses coming from out of state teams. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":2366560,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"media"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://prephoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/eZy-Watermark_02-03-2024_07-08-15-4920AM.jpeg"><img src="https://prephoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/eZy-Watermark_02-03-2024_07-08-15-4920AM.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-2366560" /></a></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>[player_tooltip player_id='986184' first='Cameron' last='Scott'] Career Comes To an End: </em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>[player_tooltip player_id='986184' first='Cameron' last='Scott'] </em></strong>will take his talents to the University of Texas next year to play for the Longhorns. Tonight, Cameron finished with 21 points and moved his career total to 2,475 points in a Wildcats uniform. Scott also recorded 12 rebounds in the win tonight. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>Prunty and Mates Finish Strong: </em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":2366561,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"media"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://prephoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/eZy-Watermark_02-03-2024_07-08-49-3980AM.jpeg"><img src="https://prephoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/eZy-Watermark_02-03-2024_07-08-49-3980AM.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-2366561" /></a></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1336428' first='Jaxon' last='Prunty'] </strong>a UNSIGNED Senior scored 23 points in his final game with the Wildcats. Senior <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1444152' first='Coulter' last='Bell'] </strong>added jus 4 points but did collect 12 rebounds in the win. Junior <strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1332455' first='Kaleb' last='Evans']</strong> added 12 points in the win. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong><em>Fowler and McDowell Finish Career in Rebels Uniform: </em></strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":2366558,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"media"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://prephoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/eZy-Watermark_02-03-2024_07-08-34-6460AM.jpeg"><img src="https://prephoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/eZy-Watermark_02-03-2024_07-08-34-6460AM.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-2366558" /></a></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1032164' first='Will' last='Fowler'] </strong>a UNSIGNED Senior scored 20 of his teams 22 first half points tonight for the Rebels. Fowler shot (11-19) with most of them coming at the bucket. Will did a nice job of attacking bucket and really switching to his left hand to score the ball to night. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:image {"id":2366557,"sizeSlug":"large","linkDestination":"media"} --> <figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><a href="https://prephoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/eZy-Watermark_02-03-2024_07-09-06-2140AM.jpeg"><img src="https://prephoops.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2024/03/eZy-Watermark_02-03-2024_07-09-06-2140AM.jpeg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-2366557" /></a></figure> <!-- /wp:image --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>[player_tooltip player_id='1678545' first='Kayzzin' last='McDowell'] </strong>fouled out with 2:18 left tonight to finish his career in a Rebels uniform. McDowell a Newberry (SC) signee finished the night with 8 points and 8 rebounds. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The Rebels finish the season at (26-5) and were looking to seek its first state title since 2016. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->