Basketball Recap: Shepherd Pirates vs. Kirbyville Wildcats
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Shepherd). They breezed by the Kirbyville Wildcats to the tune of 88-43 on Tuesday. With the Pirates ahead 49-16 at the half, the game was all but over already.
Shepherd's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Brayden White, who dropped a double-double on 22 points and 11 rebounds. White's afternoon made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Darrian Matthews, who went 6 for 8 en route to 19 points plus five steals.
Shepherd smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 14 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive rebounds they've managed all season.
The win (which was Shepherd's third in a row) raised their record to 3-1. As for Kirbyville, they are on a six-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-3.
Shepherd will look to defend their home court on Saturday against West Fork at 1:15 p.m. Shepherd will be looking to keep their eight-game home win streak dating back to last season alive. Kirbyville has already played their next matchup (against Shepherd), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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