Basketball Recap: Pickens County Piles Up the Points Against Brilliant

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Team Score

01/18/25 @ Brilliant	70
12/13/24 @ South Lamar	56
01/04/25 @ Aliceville	54
01/03/25 vs Bibb County	52
01/09/25 vs Holy Spirit Catholic	48

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pickens County). They blew past the Brilliant Tigers 70-27 on Saturday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.

Pickens County is also on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 3-9 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.3 points per game. As for Brilliant, they dropped their record down to 1-17 with the defeat, which was their third straight at home.

Pickens County will be taking part in a tournament against Bessemer City at 4:00 p.m. on Monday. Pickens County is facing Bessemer City at the right time seeing as Bessemer City is stuck on a 12-game losing streak. As for Brilliant, a feisty cat fight is on tap when the Brilliant Tigers face off against the Hackleburg Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hackleburg will roll in looking for their sixth straight victory, something Brilliant surely won't give up without a fight.