The McDonough Warhawks waltzed into their match on Friday with six straight wins but they left with seven. They managed a 63-59 victory over Pace Academy. Having run the score up that high, both teams probably have some extra defensive drills coming up.
Leading McDonough to victory were Zion Greene and Keenan Gray. Greene scored 17 points along with eight rebounds and three steals, while Gray scored 18 points along with eight assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Nathadeus Fambro, who scored 11 points.
Several Knights players turned in solid performances, despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was MJ Madison, who scored 15 points along with five rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Madison has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Eric Chatfield, who scored 15 points along with two steals.
McDonough has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-2 record this season. As for Pace Academy, their loss ended a ten-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-3.
McDonough will take on Lovett at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Lovett will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Georgia Rankings (they are ranked 179th, while McDonough is ranked 13th). Pace Academy won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Pebblebrook at 3:00 p.m. on January 20th.
