Basketball Recap: Houston County Sets Scoring Season-High Against Coffee

Bears

Team Score

01/17/25 vs Coffee	75
12/28/24 vs Perry	73
12/21/24 vs Bishop Snyder	72
01/04/25 @ Northside	70
11/26/24 vs Lovejoy	66

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Houston County). They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat the Coffee Trojans 75-42. The win was nothing new for the Bears as they're now sitting on eight straight.

Josh Jackson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 8 for 13 en route to 19 points. Malik Gillespie was another key player, putting up ten points in addition to six rebounds and five assists.

Houston County was working as a unit and finished the game with 20 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Coffee only racked up ten assists.

Coffee's loss came despite strong showings from Jeremiah Bazell and Brax Carson. Bazell went 7 of 14 on his way to 17 points and seven boards, while Carson almost dropped a double-double on 11 points and nine rebounds. Bazell has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last three times he's played.

Houston County is on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.3 points per game. As for Coffee, their loss was their eighth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 3-15.

Houston County has already played their next game, a 58-50 victory against Northside on the 18th. As for Coffee, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 46-43 win against Atkinson County on the 18th.