Even though the Chincoteague Ponies scored an imposing 65 points on Tuesday, the Nandua Warriors still came out on top. Nandua took their matchup against Chincoteague 76-65. That's another feather in the cap for Nandua, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
Ny'Zir Dix was his usual excellent self, scoring 22 points along with five assists and five rebounds. Another player making a difference was Juelz Scarborough, who scored 15 points.
Despite the loss, Chincoteague still got an impressive performance from Jake Harper, who scored 27 points along with five assists and two steals. Austin Adams was another key contributor, scoring 11 points along with eight rebounds.
Nandua has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-8 record this season. As for Chincoteague, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-10.
Nandua will be playing at home against Arcadia at 6:30 p.m. on Thursday. Hopefully Nandua focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 11 on Tuesday. As for Chincoteague, they will get a bit of extra time to process the loss as their next game is a ways off. They'll take on Middlesex at 6:00 p.m. on February 20th. Middlesex knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past ten matches -- so hopefully Chincoteague likes a good challenge.
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