Gators fall in Lower State championship game
The enjoyable is in the profitable, however some classes could be discovered from shedding.
Goose Creek High School boys basketball coach Blake Hall summed it up that means after the Gators’ 56-53 loss to Westwood High School Friday, Feb. 27, in the Class 5A Div. II Lower State championship game at The Florence Center.
No matter the end result of any game actually, Hall mentioned he loves his gamers and the season’s journey, relationships constructed and recollections made is extra vital.
Hall’s bunch did not style defeat a lot this season, although, ending 26-3. Along the way in which, the Gators received Region 7-5A.
“Whether you win or lose it, you learn,” Hall mentioned. “The greatest gift the Good Lord gave me was winning a state championship my first year (at North Charleston) and teaching me that wasn’t what it’s all about. It’s about the kids. I love them regardless of the outcome of a game, but I’m disappointed for them because I hoped our seniors could go out on a positive note.”
Westwood High School, which was making its first look in a Lower State championship, strikes on to the state closing at 8 pm, Thursday, March 5, inside Colonial Life Arena in Columbia towards Upper State champion Greenville High School, which will probably be aiming to repeat.
The Redhawks improved to 24-3 and held on on the horn when a operating 3-pointer from virtually right away by Goose Creek senior guard Ja’Quell Brown was off the mark.
“They never quit fighting,” Hall mentioned. “That’s something we talk about all the time. Tough times don’t last. Tough people do.”
Goose Creek had been to 2 state championships the previous three seasons and shot lights out in the primary quarter towards Westwood, going up 23-16. The Gators nonetheless led 28-20 in the second quarter earlier than Westwood closed the second quarter on a 12-2 run to seize a two-point halftime lead.
The Redhawks went on to steer by as many as seven factors early in the fourth quarter earlier than Goose Creek caught them with 1:30 remaining on a 3-pointer from the nook by Brown.
