Basketball Recap: Southampton Beats Arcadia for Their Seventh Straight Win

Indians

Previous Games

12/18/24 vs Arcadia	80-73
12/17/24 vs Franklin	61-53
12/16/24 vs Ridgecroft	80-55
12/13/24 vs Surry County	62-31
12/11/24 vs Appomattox Regional Governor's Arts & Tech	75-16
+ 2 more games

Southampton put another one in the bag on Wednesday to keep their perfect season alive. They walked away with an 80-73 win over the Arcadia Firebirds. While the Indians didn't have the best season last year (they finished 9-13), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.

Despite the loss, Arcadia still got an impressive performance from Ryhiem Pettit, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and 13 rebounds. Pettit is becoming a predictor of Arcadia's success: when he posts at least ten boards the team is 2-1 (and 1-2 when he doesn't). Zach Giddens was another key player, putting up 11 points and five rebounds.

Southampton's victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-0. As for Arcadia, they moved to 3-3 with that defeat, which also ended their three-game winning streak.

After both having extra time off, Southampton and Windsor will dust off their jerseys to challenge one another at 7:00 p.m. on January 6, 2025. Southampton knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past seven games -- so hopefully Windsor likes a good challenge. Arcadia and Crisfield will round out the year against one another at at 10:00 a.m. on December 26th. Arcadia is facing Crisfield at the right time seeing as Crisfield is stuck on a four-game losing streak.