2020 SCHSL Championship Recap – 2A
North Charleston HS – 38 VS Christ Church School – 34 This game was a defensive battle that came down to who could make some shots at the right time, Christ Church came into this game looking to make…
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Christ Church School – 34
This game was a defensive battle that came down to who could make some shots at the right time, Christ Church came into this game looking to make it back 2 back Championships for the 3rd time in their history and would have 6 State Championships total. North Charleston was looking to Win their 1st State Championship since 1984 with 3 Senior starters that have brought them this far and were looking to close the deal at Colonial Life Arena. The game started off slow with both teams trying to find their offensive flow in the 1st couple of minutes, North Charleston got on the board 1st with Senior – Aaliyah Truesdale – scoring on a turnaround short jumper from the middle of the lane, this helped both teams to find some consistency. Both of the teams exchanged baskets throughout the 1st quarter. Christ Church Freshman – Yasmene Clark – Tied the game at 6 Points with a nice baseline drive to the basket that lead to the 1st Timeout at 3:25 Left on the 1st Qtr clock, North Charleston – Senior – Ca’Vashia Johnson – came out of the timeout on a 4 – 0 run to give them a 10 – 6 Lead. Christ Church would close out the period with a 2Pt field goal to make the score 10 – 9 with North Charleston holding the lead.
The 2nd period started off with Freshman – Yasmene Clark – giving Christ Church the lead at 11 – 10 and North Charleston – Senior – Sophia Simmons – Knocking down a jumper to take the lead back. Christ Church would finish the half on a 10 – 2 Run, lead by Senior Marissa Powe who finished the half with 8 Points and Clark who had 7 at intermission. North Charleston was led by Ca’Vashia Johnson with 8 Points at Halftime even though they were down 21 – 14.
The 3rd quarter started off great for Christ Church with Sophomore McCall King McCall King 5'11" | SG Christ Church | 2022 State SC finding Yasmene Clark for 2 points and it seemed that they were going to continue to build their lead even more. North Charleston started to buckle down on defense and ran off a 15 – 7 margin to close the 3rd quarter and cut the lead to 30 – 29 with Christ Church still holding a 1 Pt lead. Ca’Vashia Johnson was heavily involved for North Charleston in scoring & setting up her teammates during this stretch and ran there offense to perfection down the stretch. Clark started off the 4th quarter with a steal and score to stretch their lead to 3 points at 32 – 29 with 5:14 Left in the game, both teams were playing extremely hard on the defensive side. North Charleston comes back with a nice finish from Junior – Forward – Tranell Mitchell-Smalls – to cut the lead to 1 pt at 32 – 31. With 3:00 Minutes left in the game Ca’Vashia Johnson came up with the biggest shot of her career as she knocks down a 3-Ptr to take the lead for good at 34 – 32, The teams exchanged free throws with Johnson, Simmons and Mitchell-Smalls all going to the line to close out the Championship for North Charleston. Christ Church was led in scoring by Marissa Powe and Yasmene Clark, both with 13 Points, Clark adding 12 Renounds for a double double in her 1st Championship game appearance. Ca’Vashia Johnson finished with a game high 17 Points followed by Tranell Mitchell-Smalls with 10 Points to go with 12 Rebounds and 3 blocked shots.