The Westwood Redhawks and the J.L. Mann Patriots will round out the year against one another at at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Westwood has ten straight wins, J.L. Mann has seven straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Westwood is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Summerville, posting an 88-44 victory. The Redhawks have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four matchups by 26 points or more this season.
12/17/24 vs Summerville | 19 |
12/10/24 @ White Knoll | 13 |
12/12/23 @ Chapin | 7 |
11/25/24 vs Fox Creek | 5 |
12/13/23 vs White Knoll | 4 |
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Westwood to victory, but perhaps none more so than Donovan Mickle, who went 7 for 8 on his way to 19 points. The dominant performance gave Mickle a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Sean Goddard, who went 5 of 6 on his way to 10 points and eight rebounds.
Meanwhile, J.L. Mann suffered their closest defeat since January 10th on Thursday. They fell just short of Woodmont by a score of 66-64.
Westwood's win was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 10-0. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.3 points per game. As for J.L. Mann, their loss dropped their record down to 3-8.
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