Evan’s Big Debut Helps PrimeTime knock Off Crusaders
4/7/2025by Chris Thomas

April 6th Columbia SC - The PrimeTime Players traveled Sunday to Columbia SC to take on the Carolina Crusaders in the league's longest running rivalry dating back to 2015. Coming off a hard fought comeback win the day before against the Garden City Magic the PrimeTime Players were looking to try and upend the Crusaders and duplicate what they accomplished last weekend winning two games in two days. 

   The game started off quickly for the visitors as Jeremy Evans making his East Coast Basketball League debut made an immediate impact scoring 19 points in the first quarter leading the visitors to a 32-23 lead at the end of the quarter. The Crusaders then battled back quickly in the second quarter with Jalin Alexander and Quan Prowell knocking down back to back three pointers to cut the lead down to 31-34 and over the next 7 minutes both teams struggled to score and PrimeTime went into the half with a 47-44 lead. The second half started with Crusaders guard Cincere Scott scoring 7 quick points as the Crusaders took their first lead at 51-49. The remainder of the quarter was all PrimeTime as they closed the quarter on a 32-17 run led by Jeremy Evans scoring 14 more points and Chris Moore added 7 of his own as PrimeTime took a 81-68 lead going into the 4th. The 4th quarter saw the Crusaders start off on a 12-2 run to cut the lead to 83-80 but that was the closest they would get as PrimeTime was able to close the game out with Jeremy Evans making a impact on the defensive end and Kerigan Farley and Chris Moore knock down 6 of 8 free throws in the closing seconds to hold off the Crusaders 101-95. Jeremy Evans led all scorers with a team high 41 points, to go along with 18 rebounds, and 6 blocks. Joining Evans in double figure scoring was Chris Moore with 19, Matt Powell 14, Kerigan farley 12, and RaeShawn Sutherland 11. Odell Turner also joined Evans with double digit rebounds adding 14 for the game. 
 The Crusaders were led in scoring by Monte Evans with 22 points, and he was also joined in double figures by Jalin Alexander with 16, Cincere Scott 15, and Calvin Cooke III with 10.