Two dominant forwards in Nimah Ibidunni and Lana Vandyke are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Alexander Cougars will look to defend their home court on Saturday against the South Paulding Spartans at 2:00 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.
Last Thursday, Alexander suffered a tough 55-29 defeat at the hands of New Manchester. Alexander has not had much luck with New Manchester recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Isabella Italiano was Alexander's leading scorer, having posted six points.
Rachel Porter held things down on the boards with nine rebounds.
Elon Williams took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with two assists.
Meanwhile, South Paulding took a serious blow against Langston Hughes on Thursday, falling 67-29. While losing is never fun, South Paulding can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 224th, while Langston Hughes is ranked 34th).
Alexander's defeat ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-11. As for South Paulding, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-17.
Alexander didn't have too much breathing room in their match against South Paulding in their previous matchup last Thursday, but they still walked away with a 43-39 win. Does Alexander have another victory up their sleeve, or will South Paulding turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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