It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but the South View Tigers had no problem doing just that on Friday. They enjoyed a cozy 50-32 victory over the Vikings. South View pushed the score to 42-22 by the end of the third, a deficit D.H. Conley cut but never quite recovered from.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead South View to victory, but perhaps none more so than Nahmiah Aekins, who scored 17 points along with six rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which Aekins has scored at least a third of South View's points. Zakiera Gaillard was another key contributor, scoring ten points along with seven rebounds and five assists.
Several Vikings players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Ella Pierre-Louis, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Aubrey Mayberry, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and nine rebounds.
Even though they lost, D.H. Conley smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 20 offensive rebounds. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as South View only pulled down 11 offensive rebounds.
South View has been performing well recently as they've won 16 of their last 20 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-7 record this season. As for D.H. Conley, they have been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 17-9 record this season.
South View will head out on the road to challenge Hoggard at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Hoggard will roll in looking for their 18th straight victory, something South View surely won't give up without a fight. D.H. Conley does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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