Clippers Sail Pass the Buccaneers

By Terry Thomas

Chester used a 45-29 second half to sail pass the Interboro Buccaneers at the Clip Joint. With the win, the Clippers improved to 8-7 overall and 2-1 in the Del Val League. Senior Terrence Cobb led a trio of double-digit scorers with a game high 20 points. Junior Dante Atkinson recorded a career high 13 points and senior Breilynd White chimed in with 11 points.

Cobb started the contest with a trey. The Bucs ran off five consecutive points for their only lead in the contest. The Clippers answered with a 12-2 run to close the quarter. Cobb drained two more treys. White along with juniors Jerry Young and Calvin Williams each contributed a bucket and Chester led 15-7. 

The Clippers had a slow start in the second quarter enabling the Bucs to tie the score at 21 with just over 2 minutes to play. Atkinson scored 5 of his 8 second quarter points in the final two minutes as Chester finished the quarter with a 7-0 run. Chester led at intermission, 28-21.

Chester finally took advantage of their speed at the guard spots in the third quarter. The guards - White (4), Cobb (2), Atkinson (5) and Kyree Womack (3) - produced 14 of their 18 points to break the game open. The Clippers were up by 10 with 3:20 to play and 14 at the 2:45 mark. Once again, Young and Williams produced buckets in the paint. Chester led after 3, 46-33. 

The guards continued producing into the fourth quarter. Womack connected on two treys. White knocked down a trey and added a floater and Cobb added nine points off 4 buckets including an and-one. The Clippers took all forms of life from the Bucs outscoring them 27-17 in the final eight minutes of play. Nijah Carpenter came off the bench with 4 points and sophomore Kristian Chambers added a bucket. 

The Clippers will return to league play on Thursday, January 19 when they travel to Boothwyn to take on the league leading Chichester Eagles. JV tips off at 5:30 with Varsity to follow. 

JV GAME SUMMARY 

Chester won their fourth consecutive game, 57-27, over the visiting Interboro Bucs. Kristian Chambers led with way with 10 of his game high 12 points in the opening quarters. Chester led 18-6 after the first quarter and never looked back. Andre Brown was the other Clipper in double figures with 10 points. Chester led 36-15 at the halfway point. Chester was up 49-19, invoking the Mercy Rule, just before the third quarter ended.  Chester scorers: Germain Glover (8), Tashon Gibson (7), Ra'Shaad Dorsey (6), Nyrell Pray (6), Tae'Qwann Naylor (3), Kameron Wilson (3) and Dante Lee (2).