HANCEVILLE — Cold Springs needed something, anything, on offense after a more than six-minute dry spell to start the third quarter Tuesday night against Mortimer Jordan.

As has been the norm for going on four varsity seasons, Triston Chambers was more than happy to deliver.

With an inside basket at the 1:45 mark, the Samford signee not only sparked the Eagles’ eventual 55-45 comeback but took his place atop the Cullman County Schools’ all-time boys scoring list.

Chambers’ 33-point performance in Cold Springs’ Hanceville Thanksgiving Tournament opener gave him 2,268 for his career. That’s 14 clear of the previous county boys standard set by Jared Hembree following three full varsity seasons at Vinemont (2000-03).

The two points that put Chambers over the top came on the heels of a floated pass from Fisher Willoughby. More importantly to the senior, it jumpstarted a personal 7-0 run and 23-3 team tear that turned a four-point deficit into a runaway victory.

“You know, individual accolades are not really important to me right now. I just want to win a state championship with this team,” Chambers said. “It’s a great milestone of four years of playing on varsity. I kind of expected it of myself, just because I try to hold myself to a higher standard. I didn’t play very great tonight, but I was very fortunate to receive that honor.”

The sharpshooting guard’s record-breaking night included plenty of highs and one ultimately insignificant low.

The highs? A 15-point first quarter — which accounted for the entirety of the Eagles’ production — capped off by a loooong 3 just before the buzzer. His spotless 8-of-8 outing at the free throw line was typical Chambers, too.

The low? A missed dunk attempt in the fourth quarter rejected by the rim.

Think it got the high-flyer down? Of course not. It only fueled his fire on a redemptive slam a short while later.

Chambers chalked up the first try to “bad decision-making.” Well, that and being tired.

Scoring at such a high rate — he’s averaging 31.2 points through five games — will do that a teen.

“Playing basketball, it’s two points no matter if you dunk it or not,” he said.

While so much of the attention was understandably on Chambers’ output on O, Cold Springs coach Tim Willoughby had his own reasons for being impressed with his superstar.

“Offensively, Triston is a gifted player. He just is. And it comes easy to him sometimes,” he said. “What Triston has to do is work on the other areas and work on using some of those God-given gifts and turn them defensively. And I thought he did that better tonight.

“Offensively, it takes care of itself with Triston. I don’t even think about that.”

Of course, Chambers wasn’t solely responsible for Cold Springs clawing back from a four-point hole after leading by as many as eight before halftime. Josh Freeman (11 points) and Jesse Lee (eight) were also crucial down the stretch.

Willoughby couldn’t think of another time this season his Eagles had played from behind late into a game. He was pleased with the way they handled their first taste of adversity.

“I’m really proud of their demeanor,” the coach said. “Other than winning — cause you’re always proud of winning — I think the thing I’m most proud of in this game tonight is that we closed it out strong.”

Waiting for the Eagles in the semis is a rematch of last year’s tournament championship. They’ll lock horns with Dora, which defeated Good Hope 63-45, Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. in a battle of high-scoring unbeatens.

The 4-0 Bulldogs are averaging a shade more than 77 points a game, while 5-0 Cold Springs is putting up close to 73 a night.

Dora won the 2014 tourney title with a 73-65 overtime triumph.

“I feel like we should be able to make a big statement,” Chambers said. “This will be one of our first test games to see if we’re the real deal. I feel like we’ll handle it right. At the end of the day, win or lose, we’re still chasing that state championship.”

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Hanceville 51, Curry 26

The hosts pressed the issue early, scoring eight points off turnovers in the first quarter and 19 for the game against an outmatched Yellow Jackets squad.

Hanceville used the strong defensive effort to stroll out to 11-3, 33-14 and 46-19 leads at each quarter break, and make up for an iffy shooting night. Daniel Wakefield’s Dawgs were 1 of 18 from 3-point range at halftime and finished 4 of 22 on the evening.

“That’s really all we had,” the coach said of his team’s penchant for steals and the easy layups they presented. “We didn’t shoot the ball well. But luckily defensively and all the pressure we put on them were able to get us the big lead, and we kind of coasted from there.”

Hanceville’s Isaac Weissend scored the first seven points of the game and tossed in another four by the end of the night. The senior paced the Purple and Gold with four of their 15 steals and eight of their 19 points off turnovers.

Brendan Flanigan buzzed in with eight points, Jose Orozco added seven, and Tyler Turner, Luke Duffie and Xavier Malcom were each good for five. Duffie and Orozco corralled seven rebounds apiece as well.

The Bulldogs (3-2) will meet Corner Wednesday at 7:45 p.m. with a spot in the finals on the line.

“You want to defend your home court and you want to be in that championship game on Friday if at all possible,” Wakefield said. “We’ll need to play better tomorrow night against Corner to be able to win, though, for sure.”

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Dora 63, Good Hope 45

Chris Harris’ old team got the best of his new one in the first quarterfinal of the tournament.

The Raiders held the Bulldogs — who Harris coached from 2001-05 — to a season-low 63 points but weren’t able to capitalize on the other side of the floor in a game that got out of hand late.

Matt Cofer led Good Hope with 14 points. Blake Lyle (nine points), Mason Moniz (seven) and Noah Tillman (six) were other notable contributors.

The Raiders will face Mortimer Jordan in the consolation bracket Wednesday at 4 p.m. Tarrant, which lost to Corner 68-55, and Curry will follow at 5:15 p.m.