Basketball Recap: Tucker Duren Key Part of a Team Effort in Kings Win

With a playoff win on the line, Wiregrass rose to the challenge on Monday. They walked away with a 61-53 win over the Southern Christian Patriots. This was a revenge game for the Kings: when they faced off against the Patriots last Saturday, they had to take a 41-30 loss.

Tucker Duren

Points (Career)

02/10/25 @ Southern Christian	22
02/01/25 @ Southern Christian	14
01/04/25 vs Evangel Christian	13
01/28/25 vs Tuscaloosa Home Educators	10
01/18/25 @ Tuscaloosa Home Educators	10

Wiregrass' win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Tucker Duren, who went 8 for 18 on his way to 22 points and eight rebounds. The dominant performance gave Duren a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Brayden Treadaway, who dropped a double-double with 13 points and 13 boards.

Wiregrass was working as a unit and finished the game with 16 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Southern Christian only racked up seven assists.

Southern Christian lost despite a true team effort on offense. The best among them was Jedd Scott, who dropped a double-double with 17 points and 15 rebounds. He continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jagger Scott, who posted eight points and 19 boards.

Wiregrass' victory bumped their record up to 10-21. As for Southern Christian, their record is now 10-10.

Coming up, Wiregrass will take on Evangel Christian at 3:00 p.m. on Friday. Evangel Christian knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past seven matchups -- so hopefully Wiregrass likes a good challenge. Southern Christian does not have any more games scheduled as of now.