Green Wave Roars into Playoffs

The Easley Green Wave came roaring into playoff season defeating Byrnes High School 91-63 Wednesday night.

The Green Wave led a strong regular season with a 20-5 record and continued  to show strength Wednesday night. Easley came out strong in the first period distancing themselves from Byrnes with a 26-18 lead.

Byrnes sought to keep Easley powerhouse Spencer Collins away from the hoop but the Green Wave rose to the occasion and found other ways to keep the scoring strong.

Easley players scored 16 3-pointers against Byrnes. Matt Preston scored three 3-pointers, Alex Preston scored four, and Troy McGowens scored 3.

"When you shoot as well as we did, it covers up a lot of other things," Coach Grant Stallard said. "It just shows you we can score in different ways, even if they shut down Spencer we can still hit some threes," Stallard said.

McGowens led the way Wednesday night scoring 22 points followed by Matt Preston with 21.

Easley moves on to the second game of the playoffs against Gaffney, and Stallard feels confident about their chances.

"I think if we shoot it that well we've got a chance with anybody," Stallard said.

Easley will travel to face Gaffney on Saturday Feb. 18 at 7 p.m.