Even though the Alba-Golden Panthers scored an imposing 67 points on Thursday, the Big Sandy Wildcats still came out on top. Big Sandy snuck past Alba-Golden with a 71-67 win. The win made it back-to-back wins for Big Sandy.
Leading Big Sandy to victory were Trey Coleman and Malijah Francis. Coleman scored 25 points, while Francis scored 41 points along with 6 rebounds and 4 steals. That makes it four consecutive games in which Coleman has scored at least 25% of Big Sandy's points. Jadavian Sanders was another key contributor, scoring 2 points along with 9 assists and 3 steals.
Big Sandy is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. As for Alba-Golden, they bumped their record down to 2-5 with that loss, which was their third straight on the road.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Big Sandy won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against East Texas Homeschool Sports at 2:30 p.m. on December 8th. East Texas Homeschool Sports will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak. As for Alba-Golden, they will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against Overton at 6:15 p.m. Overton has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
