Douglass hasn't had much luck against Oxon Hill recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Douglass Eagles will host the Oxon Hill Clippers at 6:30 p.m. Douglass is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 62.4 points per game this season.
Last Saturday, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Douglass beat New Town 60-54.
12/28/24 vs New Town | 4 |
12/27/24 vs Oakland Mills | 2 |
12/19/24 vs Surrattsville | 3 |
Douglass' win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Khloe Thomas, who went 9 for 15 on her way to 20 points and four steals. Thomas has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Naiy'Lah Crutchfield, who almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine blocks.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 77-48, which was the final score in Oxon Hill's tilt against Coolidge on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Clippers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 135th in Maryland, while the Colts are ranked first in District of Columbia).
Douglass is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a massive bump to their 6-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.0 points per game. As for Oxon Hill, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-5.
Douglass was dealt a bruising 89-20 loss at the hands of Oxon Hill when the teams last played back in December of 2023. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Douglass was down 61-14.
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