The Chelsea boys’ basketball team continued its post season surge with a strong 57-40 win over Goodrich in the D2 regional semifinals at Charlotte Tuersday night.
The win advances to the D2 regional final Thursday night against Lansing Sexton at 7:00 PM in Charlotte where the Bulldogs will be going for their third straight regional crown.
Goodrich started quickly by jumping out to an 8-0 lead in the opening moments of the game.
Chelsea answered with eight straight points from Drew Blanton, including a pair of triples to cut the Martian lead to 9-8.
Goodrich responded with seven straight points and took a 18-10 lead after one quarter.
The Bulldogs opened the second on fire with a 9-0 run to take a 19-18 lead and built a 25-21 lead at halftime.
Chelsea led 35-31 with just under three minutes remaining in the third when Blanton and Buck All hit back-to-back triples to push the lead to ten 41-31 and the lead grew to 13 after three 44-31.
The Martians pulled within ten 48-38 with just over four minutes left, but the Bulldogs went on a 9-1 run to take a commanding 18-point lead with two minutes left to seal the win.
Blanton had a huge night with a team-high 31 points to lead Chelsea.
Buck Allen finished 11 points and Beckett Boos seven.
Wyatt Matusik chipped in with six points and Will McCalla two.
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