Basketball Recap: Blacksburg Piles Up the Points Against Central

It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Blacksburg had no problem doing just that on Monday. They blew past the Central Eagles 62-23. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 116th, while the Eagles are ranked 259th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

K.K. Dawkins

Points

02/17/25 vs Central	20
02/14/25 vs Landrum	17
02/13/25 vs High Point Academy	11
02/07/25 @ Brashier Middle College Charter	8
02/04/25 @ Landrum	13
+ 10 more games

Blacksburg was led to victory by K.K. Dawkins and Essence Rodgers. Dawkins posted 20 points, while Rodgers put up 19 points. Dawkins continues to improve, besting her previous point total in each of the last three games she's played. Cherysh Gomez was another key player, putting up nine points.

Several Eagles players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Jariyah Sowell, who had 12 points. Another player making a difference was Tashia Quick, who scored eight points.

Blacksburg has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season. As for Central, they dropped their record down to 4-20 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road.

As of now, neither Blacksburg nor Central have any future games scheduled.