12/27/24 vs Motivation | 22 |
12/27/23 vs Lower Moreland | 11 |
01/04/24 @ Mastery Charter North - Pickett | 10 |
01/18/24 @ Murrell Dobbins Vo-Tech | 9 |
02/02/24 vs George Washington | 9 |
Motivation came into Friday's match looking for another win against Abraham Lincoln, but Dajon Smith wouldn't allow it. The Abraham Lincoln Railsplitters were the clear victor by a 79-59 margin over the Motivation Jaguars on Friday thanks in part to Smith, who posted 22 points. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in points.
Another player making a difference was Tristen Hall, who earned eight points. He is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games.
Despite the defeat, Motivation had strong showings from Chace White, who went 10 of 17 on his way to 26 points along with six rebounds and three steals, and Amari Gadson, who went 8 of 19 en route to 19 points. That was a full 44.1% of Motivation's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's put up more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Divevea Smith, who had five points.
Abraham Lincoln moved to 2-5 with that victory, which also ended their three-game losing streak. As for Motivation, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-4-1.
Abraham Lincoln and High School of the Future will face off at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. High School of the Future will roll in looking for their eighth straight win, something Abraham Lincoln surely won't give up without a fight. As for Motivation, they and Henderson will face off at 12:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Motivation is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 52.6 points per game this season.
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