After soaring to 63 points the game before, Northside was a bit more limited in their match on Thursday. They took a blow against the Houston County Bears, falling 72-29. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 177th, while the Bears are ranked 29th).
Houston County was led to victory by Andrew Wahiwe and Kam Plummer. Wahiwe went 9-for-13 on his way to 24 points, while Plummer went 7-for-8 en route to 16 points and four steals. The dominant performance also gave Plummer a new career-high in field goal percentage (88%). Malik Gillespie was another key player, putting up five points in addition to seven assists and five steals.
Northside's defeat dropped their record down to 14-12. As for Houston County, they are on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season.
Coming up, Northside won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Veterans at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Veterans' favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last six matchups. Houston County does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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