Basketball Recap: Jack Britt Drops Highest Score of Season Against Purnell Swett

Buccaneers

Team Score (Highest)

01/31/25 vs Purnell Swett	70
01/18/25 vs Lee County	67
12/13/24 @ Douglas Byrd	65
01/04/25 vs Douglas Byrd	60
11/19/24 @ E.E. Smith	58

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Jack Britt). They blew past the Purnell Swett Rams 70-35 on Friday. The Buccaneers have beaten the Rams the last four times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Rams has come to flipping the script.

DeRyian Mitchell was nothing short of spectacular: he went 8 for 13 en route to 22 points. Another player making a difference was Julius Williams, who posted ten points.

Jack Britt was working as a unit and finished the game with 12 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Purnell Swett only racked up five assists.

Despite the loss, Purnell Swett still got an impressive performance from Collin Sampson, who earned 15 points and four steals. That was a full 42.9% of Purnell Swett's points, marking the third time in a row he's put up more than a third of the team's points. Charles Wilkes was another key player, putting up three points and nine boards.

Jack Britt's win bumped their record up to 6-12. As for Purnell Swett, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost nine of their last ten contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-13 record this season.

Jack Britt didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 64-42 defeat against Seventy-First on the 4th. As for Purnell Swett, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 63-59 loss against Gray's Creek on the 1st.