Basketball Preview: South Pointe Stallions vs. Rock Hill Bearcats
The South Pointe Stallions will face off against the Rock Hill Bearcats at 8:00 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully South Pointe focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 19 on Tuesday.
It was a classic North v. South duel when South Pointe duked it out withNorthwestern. South Pointe enjoyed a cozy 71-52 victory over Northwestern.
Ry'Darius Hill was nothing short of spectacular: he dropped a double-double on 28 points and ten rebounds. His evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of RJ Pickering Jr, who earned seven points along with six assists and six steals.
South Pointe smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 18 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive rebounds they've posted since back in December of 2023.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Rock Hill). They took their contest on Wednesday with ease, bagging a 79-39 win over Elevation Prep Academy. The Bearcats pushed the score to 62-34 by the end of the third, a deficit the Honey Badgers had little chance of recovering from.
Rock Hill's victory bumped their record up to 2-3. As for South Pointe, they now have a winning record of 2-1.
South Pointe didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Rock Hill when the teams last played back in December of 2023, but they still walked away with a 54-49 win. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was Rock Hill's Malik Ashe, who scored 20 points in addition to five rebounds and three steals. Now that he won't be playing on Thursday, will it be easier for South Pointe to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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