The Brandon Bulldogs had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.5 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. In a tight match that could have gone either way, they made off with a 69-68 victory over Meridian. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Brandon was led to victory by Braylon Barnes and Nate White. Barnes scored 23 points along with six rebounds, while White dropped a double-double on 20 points and 13 rebounds. Ottis Harrison was another key contributor, scoring seven points.
Brandon is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 12-8 record this season. As for Meridian, their loss ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 12-7.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Brandon will challenge Petal at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Meridian, they will head out on the road to face off against Northwest Rankin at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Northwest Rankin will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Mississippi Rankings (they are ranked 108th, while Meridian is ranked 16th).
