From BleckleyProgress.com
BCHS blasts Hawkinsville to begin basketball season.
By Dave Whitaker
Nov 18, 2017, 04:22
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Chania McRae goes past defenders to score. |
Friday night’s season opener for BCHS basketball couldn’t have gone much better. Both teams got blowout wins. Plus, both came against longtime rival Hawkinsville.
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Alyssa Fortune scored nine points off the bench. |
Jahnaria Brown scored eight straight points and Chania McRae scored in the final seconds of the first giving the Lady Royals a 21-0 lead.
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Marlaya Jenkins squares up to shoot. |
Alyssa Fortune scored seven off the bench in the second as the lead grew to 34-4. By the fourth quarter, BC had called off their press. They won easily, 46-19. Brown had 14 points. McRae added 10 points.
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Nykeem Farrow scored four points in the first quarter. |
Torenio Davis scored nine points and Mykel Anderson had a layup with ten seconds left to tie the score at 16 after one quarter.
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Mykel Anderson scored despite the defense. |
Down four points with under two minutes left in the half, a 12-2 Royals run put BC up 39-33 at halftime. BC blew the game open, outscoring the Red Devils 37-4 in the third en route to an 87-52 win, the first boys victory since 2012.
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This two-hand dunk by Torenio Davis came during the Royals 12-2 second quarter run. |
Davis finished with 20 points. Greg Mack had 11 points. Nykeem Farrow added 10 points. Bleckley returns to action December 1 at home versus West Laurens. B-Team girls play at 4:15 pm with varsity to follow.
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