Recap: Rockmart Yellowjackets vs. Murray County Indians
The Rockmart Yellowjackets put another one in the bag on Friday to keep their perfect season alive. It was close, but they ultimately received the gift of a 70-68 win from a begrudging Yellowjacketssquad. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Rockmart had a senior duo take command as Treylin Davis dropped a double-double on 26 points and 16 rebounds and Samuel Johnson scored 25 points. That makes it seven consecutive games in which Davis has scored at least 25% of Rockmart's points. Another player making a difference was Hunter Atkins, who scored seven points.
Rockmart pushed their record up to 7-0 with that victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Murray County, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-3.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Rockmart won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Chattooga at 2:30 p.m. on December 16th. Chattooga will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Georgia Rankings (they are ranked 365th, while Rockmart is ranked 67th). Murray County won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe at 7:30 p.m. on December 16th. Hopefully Lakeview-Fort Oglethorpe focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 15 on Friday.
