The Arabia Mountain Rams had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.5 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They walked away with a 59-47 win over Heritage. Given Arabia Mountain's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 147th, while Heritage is ranked 330th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Arabia Mountain was led to victory by Joseph Smith and Julian Shanks. Smith scored 11 points along with 5 rebounds and 3 blocks, while Shanks scored 11 points along with 6 rebounds and 3 steals. The game was Shanks' fifth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dewayne Shealey, who scored 8 points.
Heritage's lost despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Armond Smith, who scored 13 points. Another player making a difference was Kirk Seeley, who scored 11 points.
Arabia Mountain's win bumped their record up to 5-1. As for Heritage, they now have a losing record at 2-3.
Arabia Mountain will head out on the road to face off against Villa Rica at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for Heritage, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Salem at 7:30 p.m. One thing working in Salem's favor is that they have posted big point totals every time they've taken the court this season.
