It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Mary Persons Bulldogs can now relate to. They took a 58-45 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Hornets on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, Mary Persons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 506th, while Savannah Country Day is ranked 201st).
Despite the loss, Mary Persons still got an impressive performance from Nemo Jones, who scored 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Tobias Hare, who scored 11 points.
Savannah Country Day was led to victory by Stone Wells and Robert Spaulding iv. Wells scored 12 points along with seven rebounds and two blocks, while Spaulding iv scored 16 points along with two steals. Spaulding iv has been hot recently, having posted 16 or more points the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was William Whitfield, who scored eight points.
Mary Persons' loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 6-23. As for Savannah Country Day, the victory was the fifth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 15-15.
Mary Persons does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Savannah Country Day, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Carver at 5:00 p.m. on Saturday. One thing working in Savannah Country Day's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last five games.
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