Basketball Recap: Joshua Harden's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Westside over Mcdonough

After flying high against Northeast on Friday, Westside came back down to earth. The Westside Seminoles fell 73-65 to the McDonough Warhawks on Saturday. The Seminoles were not able to make up for their loss to the Warhawks from their previous meeting back in December of 2018.

Westside's defeat came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Joshua Harden, who dropped a double-double on 26 points and ten rebounds. Harden's afternoon made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Christian Little, who went 5 of 11 en route to 22 points and seven rebounds.

Zion Greene continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for McDonough, going 9 of 15 on his way to 24 points and five steals. Greene has been hot recently, having posted 16 or more points the last four times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Zaiden Greene, who went 5 of 12 on his way to 11 points and seven rebounds.

Westside's record now sits at 4-4. As for McDonough, the victory (which was their third in a row) raised their record to 9-2.

Westside will be taking part in a tournament against Villa Rica at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday. McDonough and Chapel Hill will round out the year against one another at at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Chapel Hill knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past four matches -- so hopefully McDonough likes a good challenge.