The Smyrna Bulldogs will take on the Oakwood Academy Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, these teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Having struggled with three losses in a row, Smyrna turned things around against LEAD Academy on Tuesday. They came out on top against the Panthers by a score of 74-62. The Bulldogs pushed the score to 59-38 by the end of the third, a deficit the Panthers cut but never quite recovered from.
Smyrna had a senior duo take command as Elliyon Kinzer went 9-for-20 to rack up 25 points and six steals and Kaden Matthews shot 50% from the field en route to 22 points in addition to six boards and three steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which Kinzer has scored at least a third of the Bulldogs' points. Brodie Webb was another key player, putting up seven points along with nine rebounds and eight assists.
Smyrna was working as a unit and finished the game with 14 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Oakwood Academy). They took their matchup on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 93-42 victory over Valley Head. The win continues a trend for the Mustangs in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now won nine in a row.
Oakwood Academy found their leader in sophomore Donnell Morgan, who went 5-for-9 on his way to 14 points and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Jayden Lucas, who shot 42% from the field en route to 10 points in addition to five boards and three steals.
Oakwood Academy's victory bumped their record up to 5-6. As for Smyrna, they picked up their first road win, bumping their record up to 2-3.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest-scoring teams around. Smyrna hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 62.8 points per game. However, it's not like Oakwood Academy struggles in that department as they've been averaging 65.2 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can put up more Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other basketball content.
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