After flying high against Lakeside on Friday, Tri-Cities came back down to earth. The Bulldogs took an 80-70 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Dunwoody Wildcats on Tuesday. The Bulldogs were not able to repeat the success they had when they faced the Wildcats earlier this season, when they won 69-66.
Dunwoody was led to victory by Holden Verlander and Emerson Mitchell. Verlander went 9-for-12 on his way to 26 points, while Mitchell shot 88% from the field en route to 20 points along with eight assists and five boards. Verlander is becoming a predictor of the Wildcats' success: when he posts at least 20 points the team is undefeated (and 9-11 when he doesn't). Trevor Lordo was another key player, shooting 56% from the field to rack up 11 points.
Tri-Cities now has a losing record of 11-12. As for Dunwoody, they pushed their record up to 13-11 with the win, which was their third straight at home.
Tri-Cities has already played their next matchup (against Chamblee), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Dunwoody does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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