The West Florence Knights will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Wilson Tigers at 8:45 p.m. on Tuesday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
West Florence is headed into Tuesday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their fourth straight game dating back to last season last Monday. They took a 54-42 hit to the loss column at the hands of Richland Northeast.
Meanwhile, Wilson came up short against Metamora on Saturday and fell 78-68.
Despite the loss, Wilson had strong showings from Josh Leonard, who dropped a double-double on 30 points and ten rebounds, and Tristan Thompson, who went 8 for 18 en route to 19 points plus eight rebounds. That was a full 44.1% of Wilson's points, marking the fourth time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Isaiah Addison, who had six points.
Even though they lost, Wilson smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their offensive rebound total in three consecutive games.
West Florence was taken down by Wilson 66-37 in their previous matchup back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Thompson, who went 10 for 17 en route to 23 points plus eight rebounds and four steals. Now that West Florence 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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