After having lost a blowout in their previous game against Cardinal Gibbons, New Garden Friends was happy to have turned things around on Friday. They claimed a resounding 68-28 win over the Thales Academy Rolesville Knights. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Bears had established a 31 point advantage.
Kingston Clifton had an outrageously good game as he posted 29 points along with six rebounds and three steals. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in threes (five). Another player making a difference was Curtis Russell, who had seven points plus seven steals and six assists.
New Garden Friends was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Thales Academy Rolesville only racked up six.
New Garden Friends now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Thales Academy Rolesville, they are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 1-6.
New Garden Friends will challenge Caldwell Academy at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Caldwell Academy knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past six contests -- so hopefully New Garden Friends likes a good challenge. Thales Academy Rolesville has already played their next game (against New Garden Friends), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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