Two dominant guards in Starr Jackson and Alexandrea Patino are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Ocean Springs Greyhounds will be playing at home against the St. Patrick Fighting Irish at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Ocean Springs sitting on seven straight wins and St. Patrick on three.
Ocean Springs proved they can win big last Thursday (they won by 24) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They escaped with a win against Moss Point by the margin of a single free throw, 18-17. While the Greyhounds didn't have the best season last year (they finished 6-14), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
KaMarrah Jimerson was Ocean Springs' leading scorer, having posted six points. Layla Daley held things down on the boards with five rebounds. Jackson took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with two assists.
Meanwhile, St. Patrick was fully in charge on Thursday, breezing past East Central 52-20. The Fighting Irish have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four games by 21 points or more this season.
St. Patrick's victory bumped their record up to 6-4. As for Ocean Springs, their win bumped their record up to 7-0.
Ocean Springs won a contest that couldn't have been any closer in their previous matchup on November 1st, slipping by St. Patrick 16-15. Will the Greyhounds repeat their success, or do the Fighting Irish have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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