Barons Fly Past Skyhawks In 79-50 Road Victory
Courtesy of BPC
Brewton-Parker Men’s Basketball program traveled to West Point, Ga., to take on Point (Ga.) for a Southern States Athletic Conference matchup.
The Barons (6-10, 2-6 SSAC) downed the Skyhawks (6-10, 0-8 SSAC) convincingly with a 79-50 road victory.
How It Happened | First Half
The Barons busted the doors open with an 11-0 run in the first six minutes led by Lance Smith with eight points, capping the run off with a shot from deep at the 14:13 mark. Point responded with a run of their own, scoring 10 unanswered over the next three minutes to cut the deficit to just one.
A trey from Zailan Blue moved BPC into a four-point lead with 11:10 on the clock, but the Skyhawks leveled the game less than 60 seconds later for a 14-14 score. Brewton-Parker shifted back into a double-figured lead over the following three minutes with nine points coming from beyond the arc to lead 25-14.
After moving to a 14-point deficit with 4:10 to play, Point fought its way back into a single-digit deficit with a 10-5 stretch in the final moments, but the Barons capped the half with a trey from Smith for a 35-26 lead at the break. continued from page
How It Happened | Second Half
Brewton-Parker advanced back into a doubledigit lead with a pair of free throws from Damarcus Johnson Jr. at the 18:50 mark. Point led an 8-4 stretch of scoring over the next three minutes to keep the BPC advantage to just seven, down 41-34.
The Barons returned the favor with an 8-2 run led by Smith with six points for a 13-point lead with 14:29 left in the game. A pair of layups from the Skyhawks cut the lead back to nine points with 13:20 to play before Brewton-Parker separated from the hosts for good.
Johnson Jr. led the following couple of minutes with four of BPC’s 10-0 run to comfortably cushion the lead to 59-40 with 11:01 remaining. The Barons continued to be dominant over the Skyhawks, taking the next 11 minutes to outscore the hosts 2010 with Jordan Johnson leading with five points followed by Dre Burroughs and Smith with four each.
BPC took advantage of fouls from Point down the stretch, shooting 9-of-10 from the foul line and scoring just five buckets from the field in the final 11 minutes. The Barons outscored the Skyhawks 44-24 in the second half to secure a 79-50 win on the road.
Inside The Statistics
· BPCshot41%(25of-61) from the field, 45.5% (10-of-22) from three, and 79.2% (19-of-24) from the foul line.
· Smithscoredaseason- high 34 points while snagging a team-leading seven rebounds and dishing out four assists as well, followed by Burroughs with 13 points.
· Bostonalsograbbed seven rebounds while scoring eight points alongside Johnson Jr.
· TheBarons’defense totaled 10 steals off 15 turnovers from the Skyhawks with Ferlin Joseph Jr. leading with three.
