Howard was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a 62-48 bruising from the Westside Patriots. While losing is never fun, the Huskies can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 379th, while the Patriots are ranked 115th).
It was another big night for Dontrell Jackson, who went 9 for 13 en route to 23 points along with eight rebounds and seven steals for Westside. Jackson is becoming a predictor of Westside's success: when he posts at least five steals the team is 9-1 (and 7-8 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Aldrion Jones, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten boards.
Howard's loss dropped their record down to 7-15. As for Westside, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-9 record this season.
As of now, neither Howard nor Westside have any future games scheduled.
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