Fayetteville's game last Tuesday was a loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Thursday. They snuck past the Verbena Red Devils with a 68-64 win. The Wolves have seen this before: they got the W the last time they saw the Red Devils, too.
Landon Thomas had an outrageously good game as he almost dropped a double-double on 26 points and nine rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of JB Buttram, who went 6 for 11 en route to 13 points plus eight rebounds and three blocks.
Fayetteville was working as a unit and finished the game with 18 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Verbena only racked up nine.
Verbena lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Caleb Short, who scored 15 points plus six rebounds and five steals. Short is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last three games he's played. Kamari Ceasar was another key player, dropping a double-double on 13 points and 12 rebounds.
The victory got Fayetteville back to even at 1-1. As for Verbena, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.
Fayetteville has already played their next match (against Verbena), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Verbena, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next matchup, a 72-49 defeat against Beulah on the 6th.
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