The Piney Woods Tornadoes will square off against the Northeast Lauderdale Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Back in November, Piney Woods blew past Mississippi School for the Deaf, posting an 88-10 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tornadoes.
Piney Woods got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Natan Malinowski out in front who dropped a double-double on 23 points and 11 rebounds. Another player making a difference was Rafi Jalloh, who almost dropped a double-double on 14 points and nine assists.
Piney Woods was working as a unit and finished the game with 26 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Northeast Lauderdale came into Tuesday's game having lost four straight, but that streak is now in the rearview. They skirted past Newton 53-50. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Trojans have posted since November 17, 2023.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Northeast Lauderdale to victory, but perhaps none more so than Bj Portis, who went 8 for 11 en route to 17 points plus seven rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Addison Baskin, who scored 14 points along with five steals.
The win got Northeast Lauderdale back to even at 4-4. As for Piney Woods, they pushed their record up to 2-0 with the victory, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season.
Piney Woods ended up a good deal behind Northeast Lauderdale in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, losing 66-50. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Northeast Lauderdale's Troy Brown, who dropped a double-double on 24 points and 17 rebounds. Now that Piney Woods knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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