Top-ranked Hendersonville opened a 35-point halftime lead Wednesday en route to an 83-46 victory over Polk County in a Mountain Foothills 7 Conference boys basketball battle in Hendersonville.
The Bearcats (17-1, 6-1), the top-rated team in the NCHSAA 2A West RPI rankings and MaxPreps 2A West rankings, raced to a 30-12 lead at the end of the first period and continued to build on that in the second, eventually taking a 63-28 lead into the dressing room.
Isaiah Spears hit four 3-pointers for 12 points to lead Polk County (6-8, 0-6), with Kanye Staley scoring 11 points. Kris Littlejohn added six points for the Wolverines.
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Brandon West, Vincent Twitty and Mackus Simpson each had three points for Polk while Riley Searcy, Landen Bradley, Wayne Carson and team-leading scorer Dominique Carson each had two points.
Keenan Wilkins had 25 points to lead Hendersonville.
Polk County returns to action on Friday, traveling to R-S Central for another MF7 matchup. That game is slated to be shown live on NFHS Network.
