Edgewater defeats Charlotte: Live score updates; FHSAA 6A boys basketball state semifinals (3/7/2024)

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LAKELAND, FLORIDA – A spot in the state championship game is on the line as Edgewater and Charlotte clash in a FHSAA Class 6A boys basketball state semifinal contest at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland.

The winner advances to Saturday's Class 6A state final where they will meet the winner of Thursday's other semifinal game between Pembroke Pines Charter and Ponte Vedra. The FHSAA 6A Boys Basketball Championship Game will also take place at the RP Funding Center with tip-off scheduled for 3 p.m.

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FLORIDA BOYS BASKETBALL SCOREBOARD

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Below is our Live Update Feed created and updated as the contest progresses. Read from the bottom up to follow the action chronologically from beginning to end.

Live Updates:

4TH QUARTER

- FINAL: Edgewater 44, Charlotte 34 

- Chin makes 2-of-2 free throws, 42-34 

- Williams Jr. makes a free throw, 41-32 

- Mayfield with another basket, Edgewater now up 40-30 

- Mayfield with the bucket to give Edgewater a 38-30 lead with two minutes remaining 

- Mayfield and Williams Jr. score back to back, Edgewater up 36-27 

- Timeout Charlotte; Edgewater leads 32-27 

- Chin scores to kickoff the final period, Edgewater up 31-27 

3RD QUARTER

- end of the 3rd Q: Edgewater 31, Charlotte 25 

- Mayfield makes two free throws, Edgewater up 31-22 

- Mayfield scores and knocks in a free throw, now the Eagles are up 29-22  

- After a Chin bucket, Taylor scores for Edgewater, 26-22 lead 

- Attia makes two free throws to make it 24-20 Edgewater still leading 

- Tarpons are now within 22-18 after a basket plus the foul 

- Five minutes remaining in the period 

- Edgewater’s lead is now 22-15 a couple minutes into the third quarter 

- Charlotte’s Dior Evans with the first bucket of the second half, 20-14 Edgewater 

2ND QUARTER

- HALFTIME: Edgewater 20, Charlotte 12 

- Attia with another 3-pointer cuts it to 20-12 

- Edgewater has ballooned its lead to 20-9 after baskets made Bonjean and Jacari Lofton 

- Baskets by Mayfield and Ethan Simon bumps Edgewater’s lead to 15-9 

- Attia with another 3-pointer, 11-9 

- Scoring is picking up with Williams Jr. scoring, 11-6 Eagles 

- Jordan Attia knocks down a 3-pointer, Edgewater leads 9-6 

1ST QUARTER

- end of the 1st Q: Edgewater 8, Charlotte 3

- Edgewater’s lead is now 8-3 after a Williams Jr. free throw 

- Travis Bonjean with the bucket gives Edgewater a 7-3 advantage 

- Jordan Taylor makes a free throw, Tarpons trail 5-3 

- Devan Jones scores the first points for Charlotte, 4-2 

- Myles Mayfield knocks down a jumper, 4-0 Fightin’ Eagles 

- First basket scored by Edgewater’s Donovan Williams, Edgewater 2-0 

EDGEWATER VS. CHARLOTTE

- Tip-off is scheduled for 3:00 p.m.