Creek streak hits 3 with 2OT win vs. WB
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C.J. Brown has many more goals in mind for his budding Battery Creek basketball program this season, but the first one was accomplished Saturday and another was checked off Tuesday.
After surpassing last season’s win total with their fourth victory of the young campaign Saturday at Bluffton — a day after avenging an early loss to Ridgeland-Hardeeville — the Dolphins outlasted rival Whale Branch in double overtime for a 45-44 victory, their first against the Warriors since 2020 and only their second since 2017.
Alizjah Mathis led the way for the resurgent Dolphins (5-2) with 21 points on a night when scoring was at a premium.
Laron Wright buried a 3-pointer to give Whale Branch a 39-37 lead with 1:37 left in regulation, but Mathis tied it with a layup in traffic, and neither defense relented in the final minute, forcing overtime.
Kevin Jenkins scored a pair of buckets in the paint to put the Warriors up four in the extra period, but Jayvorie Cole’s putback made it a one-possession game and Gabe Leegette drained a floater in the lane as time expired to bring on a second extra period.
Kelvin Willis scored the only bucket of the second overtime, and the Dolphins held the Warriors without a field goal in the period to earn the win.
Bucs keep rolling
Bridges Prep’s boys ran their win streak to five games with a pair of road wins last week, pounding Palmetto Scholars 84-47 behind five double-digit scorers and finishing a season sweep of Memorial Day with a 54-44 win in Savannah on Saturday.
QJ Young poured in 20 points along with seven assists and five steals, and Amarion Wilson (16 points, 17 rebounds) and Xavier Butler (15 points, 11 rebounds) each posted double-doubles against the Phoenix.
The Bucs are 8-1 and ranked 10th in Class 1A by the S.C. Basketball Coaches Association.
JPII picks up two more wins
It’s not even mid-December yet, and John Paul II has doubled last season’s win total after taking two of three last week.
The Golden Warriors held on for a 63-57 road win at Andrew Jackson Academy and bounced back from a tough 40-36 loss to St. Joseph’s Catholic with a strong showing at home Saturday in a 66-54 win over Bethesda Academy.
James Keefer poured in 17 second-half points to complement a game-high 18 from freshman guard Daniel Godsun to power the Golden Warriors to a big-time comeback win after trailing the Blazers 30-17 midway through the second quarter.
Christian Tilton had 16 points to lead JPII in a 40-36 loss to St. Joseph’s on Friday.
