Union County Advances to the Championship Game after Third Win over Murphy
Business December 29, 2022Battle of the States Basketball Tournament
Day 2 Men Game 3
Union Co (GA) 69 Murphy (NC) 66 OVERTIME
By Brandon Stephens
(Hiawasse, GA) – – Union County’s Panthers will advance to the championship game after a “Dawg and Cat” fight with the Murphy Bulldogs, which took overtime to play out. Union County and Murphy swapped baskets and traded leads several times before foul trouble began to plague the Bulldogs. The tallest men on the court, Eli Underwood (6’4 – Union Count) and Dominick Rummler (6’5 – Murphy) battled on the boards until Rummler fouled out. Underwood owned the paint and scored 13 of his 22 points in the four period. The game appeared to be a Union County win in regulation with a few seconds to go, when Dozier Mashburn forced a Panther turnover that gave Murphy opportunity to tie the game and go to overtime. Defense was difficult to move around, but the Panthers gained the momentum and held on to take down Murphy for a third time this season. Coach Corey Garrett says this game was more challenging and is looking forward to the Championship game.
Friday Games : Union County advances to the Championship game at 8:30PM. Murphy plays at 5:30PM.
Union County Scoring
Cade Dockery 9
Henry Houston 10
Maddox Young 5
Jude Ellis 11
Eli Underwood 22
Hayden Hughes 12
Murphy Scoring
Will Carringer 2
Dillian Brown 29
Dozier Mashburn 8
Zack Skogen 8
Cale Harger 4
Dominick Rummler 10
Ty Laney 4
Hunter Carson 1
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