By Terry Thomas
The Clippers closed the
regular season by celebrating the senior players and cheerleaders and reaching
the century mark on the score board with a 110-76 triumph over the visiting
Christiana Vikings. The senior accumulated 68 points with Akeem Taylor Jr
leading the way with his Chester career high of 27 points. He also accounted
for 11 rebounds to finish with a double-double. Fellow seniors Rahmee Gilbert,
Zahmir Carroll and Faheem Berry joined him in double figures all scoring 11
points. Senior J'shon Lawler got the opportunity to start in his final game at
the Clip Joint in place of junior Karell Watkins and finished with 5 points.
The remaining senior on the roster, Jahmaige Womack, scored 5 points in his
final game on the Fred Pickett Jr Court.
The Clippers put up 27
points in each of the first two quarters for a 54-34 lead at the half.
Junior Karell Watkins
made his presence felt in the 3rd quarter scoring 14 of his 27 points. Taylor
dropped in 9, Carroll and Berry each supplied 4 points and Womack connect on 1
of 2 free throws. The end results were a 32 points outburst; the Clippers
highest quarter point production of the season.
In the 4th quarter, junior
Lenny Camacho added 5 points including the trey at the 5 minutes mark that put
the Clippers over the century mark, 101-66. Camacho finished with 8 points on
the night. Junior Shaquan Horsey put up 4 points and sophomore Donziar Ellis
completed the scoring with 3 points. All ten of the Clippers that played
scored.
The Clippers finished
the season with a record of 19-3 and will now await Sunday's announcement of
the final standings for the District-1 Tournament. When the bracket is
released, Chester will be seeded in the Top 8 and earn a first round bye and a
home game on Tuesday, February 18th.
JV GAME RECAP
The Chester JV ended
their season with a 14-4 record after easily disposing of the Vikings by the
score of 61-22. The game was never in doubt as the Clippers enjoyed a 14-4 lead
after the first quarter. And, after a 25-1 performance in the 2nd led
39-5 at halftime. Naeem Scott Jr led the team in that quarter scoring 12 of his
game high 14 points. He was the lone Clipper in double figures with eight
others adding to the team's point total: Nasir Madison (9), Keenan Warren (9),
Lenny Camacho (8), Donziar Ellis(6), Jermere Clark (6), Kareen Devore (4),
William Smith (3) and Edward Harmon (2).
FRESHMAN GAME
It was a clean sweep for
the Clippers as the Freshman team also dominated the Vikings with a 57-37 win.
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