If the Hueytown Golden Gophers were riding high off their 64-43 takedown of the Leeds Greenwave last Tuesday, their most recent game may have dampened their spirits a bit. Hueytown fell 51-41 to Pelham on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Hueytown can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 237th, while Pelham is ranked 79th).
Pelham was led to victory by Karma Wynn and Tee King. Wynn scored 16 points along with 7 rebounds and 6 assists, while King scored 21 points along with 6 rebounds and 3 steals. The contest was King's 12th in a row with at least ten points. Shea Gallagher was another key contributor, scoring 4 points along with 5 rebounds.
Hueytown's loss was their third straight at home, which bumped their record down to 2-8. As for Pelham, the win was the fourth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 6-6.
Hueytown will head out on the road to face off against Brookwood at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. As for Pelham, they will be playing at home against Chelsea at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Chelsea will be coming into the contest with an undefeated record on the line.
