Basketball Recap: Griffin Bears vs. Spalding Jaguars
The Griffin Bears entered their tilt with the Spalding Jaguars with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Griffin snuck past the Jaguars with a 54-50 victory on Saturday. That's another feather in the cap for Griffin, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
Griffin found their leader in underclassman Naima Foster, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 15 rebounds. Another player making a difference was Zamiyah Hosley, who scored 13 points along with two steals.
Griffin has been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-9 record this season. As for Spalding, their loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-10.
Griffin will take on the Huskies at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Howard will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Georgia Rankings (they are ranked 413th, while the Bears are ranked 125th). Spalding does not have any more games scheduled as of now.