Basketball Recap: Big Sandy Wildcats vs. Grand Saline Indians
Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Big Sandy). They walked away with a 78-70 win over the Grand Saline Indians on Thursday. For the Wildcats, this counts as revenge for the 70-21 victory the Indians walked away with the last time they faced one another back in December of 2020.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Big Sandy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ka'Myrie Fountain, who scored 27 points plus five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Treyvian Coleman, who scored 26 points along with seven rebounds.
When it comes to explaining why Grand Saline lost, don't look at Landon Mayne. Despite the final result, he almost dropped a double-double on 21 points and nine rebounds. The match was Mayne's third in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Kolton Prox, who went 5 for 8 en route to 12 points.
Big Sandy's win bumped their record up to 2-3. As for Grand Saline, the defeat snapped their winning streak at four games and leaves them with a 4-3 record.
Big Sandy and Gilmer will face off at 2:00 p.m. on Friday without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Big Sandy has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games. As for Grand Saline, they will be taking part in a tournament against Chapel Hill at 9:00 a.m. on Saturday. Grand Saline knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six matchups -- so hopefully Chapel Hill likes a good challenge.
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