Basketball Game Preview: Paulding County Patriots vs. Osborne Cardinals

The Paulding County Patriots will challenge the Osborne Cardinals at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Paulding County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 63.4 points per game this season.

Paulding County is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Osborne: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Paulding County blew Osborne out of the water with a 101-41 final score. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 64th, while the Cardinals are ranked 334th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.

Alexus Wilson

Points

02/07/25 vs Osborne	29
02/04/25 vs Campbell	13
01/31/25 @ Hillgrove	17
01/28/25 @ South Cobb	27
01/24/25 vs Pebblebrook	21
+ 16 more games

Paulding County got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Alexus Wilson out in front who dropped a double-double with 29 points and 12 rebounds. That's the most points Wilson has posted since back in November of 2024. Lillie Harris was another key player, going 9 of 20 en route to 24 points along with eight boards and six steals.

Paulding County was working as a unit and finished the game with 25 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.

Paulding County's win bumped their record up to 18-7. As for Osborne, their victory ended a five-game drought on the road and puts them at 6-19.