Basketball Recap: Southwind Takes Loss Despite Strong Efforts from Ronald Towns and Kristopher Carrol

Southwind lost against Memphis East back in March of 2017, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Southwind Jaguars fell to the Memphis East Mustangs 60-54. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Jaguars came into the match with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 19th, while the Mustangs are ranked 75th).

Kristopher Carrol

Points (Career)

03/04/25 vs Memphis East	25
11/26/24 vs James Clemens	23
02/14/25 vs Houston	22
12/10/24 @ Kirby	20
02/18/25 vs Cordova	18

Southwind's loss shouldn't obscure the performances of Kristopher Carrol, who went 9-for-15 to rack up 25 points and seven rebounds, and Ronald Towns, who shot 43% from the field on his way to 14 points. The dominant performance gave Carrol a new career-high in points.

Southwind's defeat dropped their record down to 20-10. As for Memphis East, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 16-12.

Southwind does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Memphis East, they will challenge Whitehaven at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Whitehaven will roll in looking for their 21st straight victory, something Memphis East surely won't give up without a fight.