Basketball Recap: Williams Sets Scoring Season-High Against Southern Alamance

Bulldogs

Team Score

01/24/25 @ Southern Alamance	91
12/26/24 @ Southwestern Randolph	72
12/28/24 vs Thomasville	70
01/17/25 @ Cedar Ridge	68
12/18/24 @ Northeast Guilford	66

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Williams). They really took it to the Southern Alamance Patriots for the full four quarters, racking up a 91-46 win. With the Bulldogs ahead 54-22 at the half, the match was all but over already.

Williams was led to victory by Colby Elliot and Jaeden Smith. Elliot went 7 of 9 on his way to 25 points in addition to six boards and three steals, while Smith went 7 for 15 en route to 20 points and three steals. Elliot has been hot recently, having posted 23 or more points the last four times he's played. Charlie Smith was another key player, putting up ten points.

Williams was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Southern Alamance only racked up five assists.

Southern Alamance's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Kaleb Kronbergs, who posted 11 points, and Riley Warren, who had four points and ten rebounds. Those 11 points gave Kronbergs a new career-high. Isaac Horner also deserves some recognition as he posted his first block of the season.

Williams is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.0 points per game. As for Southern Alamance, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-13 record this season.

Williams will head out to square off against Orange at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Williams' favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last four matchups. As for Southern Alamance, they will welcome Cedar Ridge at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Southern Alamance is facing Cedar Ridge at the right time seeing as Cedar Ridge is stuck on an 11-game losing streak.