Townsend Boys Beats Parkton 42-36

Maxton- The Townsend Middle School boys fail behind 14-4 early against

the Parkton Bruins and trailed most of the game. The Eagles had to over

come poor shooting in the first half and also had trouble stopping Malik

Livingston of the Bears. The Eagles would put together a 10-2 run right .

before the half to cut into the Bruins lead and go into halftime trailing only

18-16. Coming out into the third quarter the Eagles seemed like a different

team. They would tie the game at 18 and then take their first lead of the game

at 20-18. The Bruins would fight back and outscore the Eagles 12-0 to go up

by ten and lead the Eagles 34-27 at the end of the third. Now, it was time for

the Eagles to have the last say, as they outscored the Bruins 13-2 by putting

pressure on the ball and creating points off the turnovers. J. Williams would

hits some key shots and free-throws down the strecth as the Eagles would

finished out the season with a 42-36 win and a record of (7-7). The Eagles

were lead by J. Williams 16pts., Mike Smith 8pts., J. Hill and Q. Baker each

had 6pts., and Tyrone McKoy, Jr. added 4pts. The overall leading scorer for

game was Malik Livingston with 20pts. for the Bruins.