Southwest extended their postseason success on Wednesday against Temple. They walked away with a 65-52 win over the Temple Tigers. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 34th in Georgia, while the Tigers are ranked 144th in Georgia), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
C.J. Howard
| 02/26/25 vs Temple | 67% |
| 02/07/25 vs Northeast | 57% |
| 12/28/24 @ Jones County | 57% |
| 02/22/25 vs Banks County | 55% |
| 01/18/25 @ Westside | 50% |
C.J. Howard continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 7-for-12 en route to 20 points. The dominant performance also gave him a new career-high in three-point shooting accuracy (67%). Brandon Ashley was another key player, putting up 11 points and six assists.
Southwest has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 17 of their last 18 matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 26-2 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.1 points over those games. Temple's defeat dropped their record down to 22-7.
Coming up, Southwest will square off against Toombs County at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Toombs County comes in on six and Southwest on 12. Temple does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
