Recap: Pinson Valley Indians vs. JAG Jaguars
On Saturday, the Pinson Valley Indians faced the JAG Jaguars in a battle between two of the state's top teams. Pinson Valley walked away with a 70-59 victory over JAG. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Pinson Valley found their leader in underclassman Clyde Walters, who scored 27 points along with seven rebounds and five assists. Another player making a difference was Austin Coner, who scored 13 points along with seven assists and five rebounds.
Despite the defeat, JAG had strong showings from JaMicah Adair, who scored 21 points, and Ladarius Givan, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 12 rebounds. Adair is absolutely dominating the point category: he's posted at least 15 every time he's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Cedrickus Williams, who scored eight points.
JAG struggled to work together and finished the game with only four assists. They were crushed by their opponents in that department as Pinson Valley racked up 15 assists.
Pinson Valley has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 14-8 record this season. As for JAG, their loss dropped their record down to 19-2.
Pinson Valley on the road again on Monday and play against Fairfield at 4:00 p.m. on January 15th. Fairfield has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 659 points over their last ten matchups. As for JAG, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Pike Road at 7:00 p.m. Pike Road is coming into the contest on a four-game losing streak.
