BHS boys hold off Farragut
It was a rough first half for Farragut High School’s boys basketball team at home Thursday, Feb. 8.
Against archrival Bearden, the Ads won the second half — but the first-half hole was too deep. The result was a 52-39 loss, which coupled with Farragut’s 82-72 setback to Kingston on FHS Senior Night Friday, Feb. 9, put its final regular-season record at 7-21 overall, 1-9 District 4-4A.
“I think the way we played in the second half was more indicative of how we can play,” Ads head coach JP Burris said. “They had a really big lead, but it’s a positive to take away that we won the second half.”
Farragut’s deficit started with 5:13 left in the first quarter when BHS’s Jamichael Blair’s three ignited a 10-0 run to give Bearden a 13-4 lead. The Dawgs scored the quarter’s final 10 points to lead 23-7. At intermission it was 34-12.
The lead was still 16 at the 6:18 mark of the fourth. Six straight by the Admirals made it 45-35. They’d get no closer.
Bulldogs’ big-man Brady Smith led all scorers with 13.
“He’s learning to play the post,” BHS head coach Jeremoy Parrott said of the sophomore. ”Learning to play with his back to the basket; we gotta utilize him more.”
Bearden improved to 24-6 overall, 6-4 in the district.
Berkley Naro, senior post, was high for FHS, scoring 11.
