Palisades lost against South Mecklenburg back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Friday. The Palisades Pumas fell just short of the South Mecklenburg Sabres by a score of 63-61. That's two games in a row now that the Pumas have lost by exactly two points.
Tymon Simpkins
| 01/31/25 @ South Mecklenburg | 21 |
| 11/26/24 vs West Mecklenburg | 20 |
| 12/04/24 @ Lancaster | 18 |
| 12/30/24 @ Kings Mountain | 18 |
| 12/03/24 vs Catawba Ridge | 16 |
Palisades lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Tymon Simpkins, who went 10 of 18 on his way to 21 points and six rebounds. Those 21 points gave Simpkins a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Aurek Fenn, who went 7 for 10 en route to 15 points and five boards.
Ben Houpt continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for South Mecklenburg, going 7 of 9 from beyond the arc on his way to 22 points and five assists. The matchup was Houpt's eighth in a row with at least ten points. Muja Williams also deserves some recognition as he posted his first block of the season.
Palisades' loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 11-10. As for South Mecklenburg, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-9 record this season.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Palisades will venture away from home to face off against Olympic at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Palisades has insisted on making their lastthree contests complete nail-biters, turning in a record of 1-2 during that stretch of close contests. South Mecklenburg has already played their next game (against Ardrey Kell), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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