Basketball Recap: Daylen Jones' Big Game Can't Quite Lead Creekside over Jackson

By Team Reports Dec 6, 2024, 4:11am

Basketball Recap: Creekside Seminoles vs. Jackson Jaguars

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Creekside was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their ninth straight loss dating back to last season. They lost 68-44 to the Jackson Jaguars. While losing is never fun, the Seminoles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 299th, while the Jaguars are ranked 40th).

Several Seminoles players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Daylen Jones, who scored 16 points. That was a full 36.4% of Creekside's points, marking the fifth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jessiah Smith, who posted five points along with two steals.

Donaven Thomas was nothing short of spectacular for Jackson: he scored 23 points. Cameron Dover was another key player, posting 13 points.

Creekside's record is now 0-7. As for Jackson, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 6-1.

Creekside has already played their next game (against Jackson), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Jackson, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Mays at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Jackson's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.

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