Basketball Recap: Hueytown Golden Gophers vs. Brookwood Panthers
There's no place like home for the Hueytown Golden Gophers, who bounced back after a tough loss on the road last Thursday. They took their contest at home on Saturday with ease, bagging a 80-39 win over Brookwood. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 48-17.
Braylon Patton continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 26 points. Another player making a difference was Trip Harris, who scored 12 points.
Despite the loss, Brookwood still got an impressive performance from Dayton Dixon, who scored 16 points. That was a full 41% of Brookwood's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Leland Foster, who scored seven points.
Hueytown pushed their record up to 16-14 with that win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.0 points per game. As for Brookwood, they are on a eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 4-24.
Hueytown will be playing at home against the Yellowjackets at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in McAdory's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last 13 games. Brookwood does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
