Basketball Recap: St. Pauls Sets Scoring Season-High Against Clinton

Bulldogs

Team Score (Highest)

02/11/25 @ Clinton	83
01/18/25 vs Lakewood	71
02/04/25 vs Red Springs	66
01/29/25 vs Clinton	64
01/17/25 vs Fairmont	63

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask St. Pauls). They blew past the Clinton Dark Horses 83-63 on Tuesday. The win continues a trend for the Bulldogs in their matchups with the Dark Horses: they've now won eight in a row.

St. Pauls can attribute much of their success to Yoshua Mcbryde, who posted 23 points. Those 23 points gave Mcbryde a new career-high. Jakhi Purcell was another key player, putting up 15 points.

Despite the loss, Clinton saw an underclassman step up: freshman Anyahs Butler went 9-for-16 on his way to 33 points and six steals. Those 33 points set a new season-high mark for Butler. The team also got some help courtesy of Zy Wallace, who scored 11 points.

St. Pauls' victory bumped their record up to 6-15. As for Clinton, they have been struggling recently as they've lost eight of their last nine contests, which has put a noticeable dent in their 4-19 record this season.

St. Pauls has already played their next matchup, a 69-38 defeat against Midway on the 14th. As for Clinton, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 78-54 loss against Fairmont on the 14th.