Recap: Jackson Central Merry Cougars vs. Haywood Tomcats
The Jackson Central Merry Cougars had to kick off their season on the road on Friday, but they showed no ill effects. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Haywood and snuck past 48-45. For Jackson Central Merry, this counts as revenge for the 86-25 defeat Haywood walked away with the last time they faced one another back in January of 2016.
Haywood's lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Camariya Woodland, who scored 13 points along with 6 rebounds and 4 steals. Woodland scored a full 28.9% of Haywood's points, the second time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. Zamaria Murphy was another key contributor, scoring 18 points along with 7 rebounds.
Jackson Central Merry's win bumped their record up to 1-0. As for Haywood, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 0-2.
Jackson Central Merry will have some time to savor their victory since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Jackson South Side at 6:00 p.m. on December 8th. As for Haywood, they will face off against White Station at 1:15 p.m. on Tuesday.
