The Evans Trojans will be staying on the road on Friday to face off against the Columbus Explorers at 11:00 a.m. on March 8th. Evans knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past 13 games -- so hopefully Columbus likes a good challenge.
With a playoff game on the line, Evans rose to the challenge last Friday. They snuck past the Seminoles with a 75-70 victory. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Arosco Dubois and Josiah Shackelford. Dubois had a great game and scored 23 points along with six rebounds and two steals. Meanwhile, Shackelford was balling out in the loss, scoring 23 points along with seven rebounds and two steals.
Meanwhile, Columbus had already won 18 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 28.8 points), and they went ahead and made it 19 last Friday. They claimed a resounding 71-42 victory over Miami on the road. Columbus has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 15 games by 23 points or more this season.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Columbus to victory, but perhaps none more so than Cameron Boozer, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 15 rebounds. Boozer hasn't dropped below 15 points for eight straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Jase Richardson, who scored 21 points along with three blocks.
Evans has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-9 record this season. As for Columbus, their win bumped their record up to 25-4.
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