The Douglass Astros will head out on the road to square off against the Dougherty Trojans at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Douglass comes in on five and Dougherty on seven.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Douglass had no problem doing just that on Friday. They claimed a resounding 79-42 victory over the Tigers on the road. The score at the end of the third wound up being the final score as Douglass just coasted through the last quarter.
Douglass can attribute much of their success to Javonte Floyd, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten rebounds, and Noah Treadwell, who scored 19 points along with five rebounds. Treadwell is trending in the right direction, as he's improved his point production for three games straight. Rj Winegarner was another key contributor, scoring 12 points.
Meanwhile, even though Upson-Lee scored an imposing 57 points on Saturday, Dougherty still came out on top. Dougherty took down Upson-Lee 73-57. Given Dougherty's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 29th, while Upson-Lee is ranked 229th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Dougherty's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Kaleke Singletary-Jinks led the charge by dropping a double-double on 13 points and 11 rebounds. Singletary-Jinks is on a roll when it comes to rebounds, as he's now pulled down ten or more in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Markelle Jones, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten rebounds.
Douglass' win bumped their record up to 16-10. As for Dougherty, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-7 record this season.
Douglass didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Dougherty when the teams last played back in March of 2023, but they still walked away with a 78-73 victory. Will Douglass repeat their success, or does Dougherty have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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