Basketball Recap: Paulding County Drops Season-High Score on Pebblebrook

Patriots

Team Score

01/24/25 vs Pebblebrook	89
11/12/24 vs East Paulding	79
12/13/24 @ Pebblebrook	76
12/06/24 vs Harrison	73
12/14/24 vs South Paulding	73

Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Paulding County). They claimed a resounding 89-29 victory over the Pebblebrook Falcons. The Patriots have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine contests by 22 points or more this season.

Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Paulding County to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kayla Manigault, who almost dropped a double-double on 18 points and nine assists. Manigault has been hot for a while, having also posted two or more steals the last 13 times she's played. Alexus Wilson was another key player, going 8 of 15 en route to 21 points and seven steals.

Paulding County smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 19 offensive rebounds. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their offensive rebound total in three consecutive matches.

Paulding County's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-5. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.3 points per game. As for Pebblebrook, they have been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-13 record this season.

Paulding County will challenge South Cobb at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Paulding County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 62.6 points per game this season. Pebblebrook has already played their next contest, a 54-29 loss against Wheeler on the 25th.