The Douglass Astros will be playing at home against the Monroe Area Purple Hurricanes on Wednesday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Douglass entered their tilt with Carver with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. Douglass took their game on the road on Saturday with ease, bagging a 79-28 victory over Carver. With Douglass ahead 50-9 at the half, the matchup was all but over already.
It was another big night for Joshua Mickell, who scored 13 points along with eight rebounds and three steals. It was the first time this season that he pulled down eight or more rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Rj Winegarner, who scored 11 points along with six rebounds and two steals.
Meanwhile, everything went Monroe Area's way against Stephens County on Friday as Monroe Area made off with a 46-26 win. Given Monroe Area's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 122nd, while Stephens County is ranked 352nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Douglass' win bumped their record up to 14-10. As for Monroe Area, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 21-7 record this season.
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