Appling County lost against Crisp County back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Appling County Pirates took a 76-61 bruising from the Crisp County Cougars. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 446th, while the Cougars are ranked 176th).
Aldarrius Howell
| 02/07/25 vs Crisp County | 2 |
| 02/04/25 @ Berrien | 4 |
| 02/01/25 vs Tattnall County | 4 |
| 01/30/25 @ Cook | 3 |
Several Pirates players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Aldarrius Howell, who posted 13 points and five assists. Howell has been hot recently, having also posted two or more steals the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was Nate Davis, who earned ten points.
Zakariyya Dwight was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double with 25 points and 14 boards for Crisp County. Crisp County is 18-2 when Dwight posts ten or more rebounds, but 2-3 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of Courtney Oliver 4, who went 9 for 18 to rack up 21 points.
Appling County's loss was their fourth straight at home, which dropped their record down to 8-15. That patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.0 points over those games. As for Crisp County, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season.
Appling County has already played their next match, a 79-65 defeat against Claxton on the 8th. As for Crisp County, they will take on Pierce County in a tournament on Wednesday. Crisp County is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 64.6 points per game this season.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
