Even though the West Laurens Raiders scored an imposing 57 points on Tuesday, the Westside Seminoles still came out on top. Westside walked away with a 67-57 win over West Laurens. Given Westside's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 166th, while West Laurens is ranked 459th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Westside got their victory on the backs of several key players, but it was Chauncey Williams out in front who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 16 rebounds. Williams hasn't dropped below eight rebounds for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Cam Rembert, who scored 17 points.
Westside is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season. As for West Laurens, they are on a eight-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 2-16.
Westside will head out on the road to face off against Spalding at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Spalding is on a six-game streak of home wins, Westside a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court. West Laurens will take on East Laurens at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in East Laurens' favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last four matchups.
