By Terry Thomas
The Chester Clippers (1-0) started the 2023-24
basketball season with an exciting 54-47 victory over the visiting Abraham
Lincoln (0-1) Rail Splitters. Tonight's game was the 9th Annual Fred Pickett Jr
Classic and Dante Atkinson (Chester) and Samair Peterson (Abraham Lincoln) were
honored for their outstanding performance.
The Clippers started fast opening with a 17-6 first
quarter advantage. Senior Andre Brown dropped two treys for 6 of his 9 points.
Senior Dante Atkinson contributed 5 of his team high 12 and fellow senior
Vincent Coleman dropped 4 of his 8 points. Junior Jaseir Thompson completed the
scoring with 2 of his 4 points. Lincoln began to make shots in the second
quarter in an attempt to close the gap but Chester's bench responded by keeping
them at a distance. Junior Kristian Chambers splashed a trey from the corner to
end the quarter increasing Chester's margin to 14 points, 33-19, at halftime.
Junior Germaine Glover chipped in 4 points; sophomore Jalen Harris connected on
1 of 2 free throws and junior Tyson Scott added a bucket. The bench scored 10
of the team's 16 second quarter points. For Glover, Harris and Scott it was
their first Varsity points.
Chester became careless with the ball in the second
half with many unforced turnovers thus allowing Lincoln to draw within 8 points
at the end of the third quarter, 43-35. Senior Calvin Williams scored 4 of his
7 points in the quarter to help hold off the Rail Splitters. Chester went
defensive in the final eight minutes and Lincoln could not get any closer than
the 8-point deficit until their last basket was scored with 2.2 second
remaining in the contest. Atkinson connected on 3 of 4 free throws down the stretch
and Daron Harris added his name to the Varsity scoring list with a bucket in
the 4th.
Vincent Coleman recorded his first double digit
rebounding affair with 10 boards. The team finished with 11 assists on 19 made
baskets and 10 steals.
Chester will return to action on Thursday, December 7,
hosting Math, Civics & Science Charter with a 5:30 JV tip-off.
JV GAME SUMMARY
Kameron Wilson scored a game high 17 points including
5 of 6 from the charity stripe as Chester bested Lincoln 61-43. Nyrell Pray
also scored in double figures with 10 points including a thunderous tomahawk
dunk off one of his steals. Dominique Gilyard and Shadrach George just missed
double figures scoring 9 and 8 points respectively. Dante Lee (7), Christian
Spann (6), Jaylon Bantum (2) and Ahmir Walton (2) completed the scoring for the
Clippers. Chester scored 19 points in both the first and fourth quarters to
secure the win.
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