High school basketball playoff scores, schedules; Broome girls pull off upset
Broome’s girls pulled off the biggest first-round upset of the playoffs Thursday night with a 38-34 win against Emerald in the opening round of the Class AAA division.
Tenth-ranked Emerald (19-3) was a No. 1 seed, having gone 8-0 in Region 4, and was 11-0 at home with an eight-game winning streak to end the regular season. Broome (12-11) went 2-6 in Region 3 and had lost four of six down the stretch.
Broome will have to topple an even better team in Saturday’s second round. The Centurions will play at fourth-ranked Wren (23-5).
The rest of the Class AAA girls bracket is full of Upper State teams. Top seed Southside, Travelers Rest, Blue Ridge, Walhalla and Chapman all won.
In Class AAAAA boys, Byrnes stayed alive, but Boiling Springs, Spartanburg and J.L. Mann were eliminated.
Among the best games Friday are Greer at Greenville and Westside at Wade Hampton in Class AAAA boys; Union County at Wren in AAA boys; T.L. Hanna at Dorman, Woodmont at Spring Valley and Byrnes at Mauldin in AAAAA girls; and Landrum at Silver Bluff in Class AA girls.
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Class AAAAA Boys
Thursday’s games
T.L. Hanna 84, Chapin 36
Hillcrest 73, Boiling Springs 47
Byrnes 68, Blythewood 61
Woodmont 63, Clover 60
Rock Hill 66, Spartanburg 57
Lexington 77, J.L. Mann 53
Saturday’s games
Woodmont (20-8) at Dorman (25-2)
Byrnes (19-8) at T.L. Hanna (19-7)
Hillcrest (16-10) at Fort Mill (17-10)
Rock Hill (18-8) at Lexington (18-6), 6:30
Class AAAAA Girls
Friday’s games
T.L. Hanna (18-9) at Dorman (16-9), 6:30 p.m.
Byrnes (13-12) at Mauldin (19-5), 7 p.m.
Woodmont (20-6) at Spring Valley (21-6)
Class AAAA Boys
Friday’s games
Greer (21-5) at Greenville (24-2), 7 p.m.
Westside (24-2) at Wade Hampton (14-7), 7 p.m.
Class AAAA Girls
Thursday’s games
Pickens 68, South Aiken 36
Riverside 80, Lancaster 69
North Augusta 47, Westside 28
Easley 55, Airport 25
Wade Hampton 58, Northwestern 55
Eastside 52, Catawba Ridge 44
Aiken 36, Greenville 31
South Pointe 84, Greer 52
Saturday’s games
Riverside (20-6) at Pickens (23-2)
Easley (18-6) at Wade Hampton (18-5)
Eastside (13-9) at Aiken (15-10
Class AAA Boys
Friday games
Union County (18-9) at Wren (20-7), 7 p.m.
Southside (15-10) at Clinton (17-5), 7 p.m.
Powdersville (10-15) at Travelers Rest (18-8)
Class AAA Girls
Thursday’s games
Broome 38, Emerald 34
Wren 49, Crescent 17
Southside 64, Seneca 21
Walhalla 59, Fountain Inn 34
Travelers Rest 51, Clinton 33
Blue Ridge 58, Chester 21
Chapman def. Woodruff
West-Oak def. Powdersville
Saturday’s games
Chapman (11-13) at Southside (25-3)
Travelers Rest (11-11) at Walhalla (15-9)
Broome (12-11) at Wren (23-5)
West-Oak (18-7) at Blue Ridge (23-4)
Class AA Boys
Thursday’s games
Landrum 95, Mid-Carolina 58
Gray Collegiate 90, Greenville Tech 14
Keenan 76, Blacksburg 49
Greer Middle College def. Newberry
Saturday’s games
Columbia (16-11) at Landrum (24-3)
Greer Middle College (15-11) at Gray Collegiate ( 20-6)
Class AA Girls
Friday games
Fairfield Central (10-12) at Blacksburg (9-13), 6 p.m.
Landrum (18-6) at Silver Bluff (18-3)
Class A Boys
Thursday games
Christ Church 98, Wagener-Salley 65
High Point 59, Calhoun County 42
North 63, St. Joseph's 53
Denmark-Olar def. Southside Christian
Saturday games
CA Johnson (9-12) at Christ Church (17-3)
High Point (18-7) at Great Falls (21-5)
Class A Girls
Friday games
Lewisville (9-9) at High Point (21-5)
St. Joseph’s (13-9) at Calhoun Falls (15-4), 6 p.m.
Christ Church (11-13) at McBee (11-5)
Todd Shanesy can be reached at todd.shanesy@shj.com or @ToddShanesySHJ on Twitter.
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