Bridgehampton boys basketball dominates in Class D Regional final, advances to state semifinals

For a group such as Bridgehampton’s boys basketball team, this year was always going to be measured by what it achieved off Long Island. With a dominant performance Saturday at Longwood in the state Class D Southeast Regional final, the Killer Bees ensured their spot in Binghamton.

Four players scored in double digits for Bridgehampton, which booked its ticket upstate with a 75-35 drubbing over Section IX’s Chapel Field Christian (9-11).

FINAL: Bridgehampton wins, 76-35, over Chapel Field Christian and books its trip up to Binghampton.

A return to Vision Veterans Memorial Arena awaits for the Killer Bees. A look at the celebrations here at Longwood High School. pic.twitter.com/wobvccYpHp

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Bridgehampton (20-2) will face Section VII’s Bolton Central in a state semifinal at 11:45 a.m. on Saturday, March 21, at Binghamton’s Visions Veterans Memorial Arena. It’ll be the team’s first game back upstate since its loss in the state final a year ago.

“Since that loss it’s sat very, very deep in my stomach,” senior Jai Feaster said. “So it feels good to be back and have a second chance to go prove ourselves again."

Bridgehampton led just 10-6 with a little more than three minutes left in the first quarter, leading coach Carl Johnson to call a timeout.

“Everybody was a little bit jittery; even I had a little jitter in my stomach,” Johnson said.

The jitters subsided, and the Killer Bees proceeded to outscore Chapel Field Christian 30-4 to take firm control into halftime. By the end of the third quarter, Bridgehampton led by 41 against the same school that bested them in the state tournament in 2022 and 2023.

Feaster finished with 14 points and seven steals. Junior Xavier Johnson led all scorers with 19 points, getting 16 in the second half. He also had eight steals. Sophomore Eddie Dawson IV had 13 points.

Senior captain Alex Davis had nine points as he looked healthy in his return from a hamstring injury that prompted his minutes managed in the county final. Junior Jordan Harding muscled his way to a game-high 11 rebounds, with six coming off the offensive glass.

“It’s a huge focus,” said Harding, who scored 13 of his 14 points in the first half. “We’re a small team; we don’t really have height. When we get in there, we have to keep taking it to them to get as many rebounds as possible.”

So what’s different about this year’s Bridgehampton team from the one that finished just short a year ago of its first state title since 2015?

“The difference is, maybe, they were just happy to be there a bit,” Johnson said. “Now they’re on a mission this year, trying to bring it back. I guess that’s called maturity and experience.”