Basketball Recap: Therrell Takes a Loss

Therrell lost against Holy Innocents Episcopal last Thursday, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The Therrell Panthers were outmatched by the Holy Innocents Episcopal Golden Bears and fell 80-48. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 238th, while the Golden Bears are ranked eighth).

Gordon Davis

Points

02/13/25 @ Holy Innocents Episcopal	16
02/11/25 vs Washington	30
02/06/25 @ Holy Innocents Episcopal	16

Gordon Davis and Morion Mcwhorter certainly did their best on Thursday to avoid the loss. Davis went 5-for-10 on his way to 16 points, while Mcwhorter went 7-for-12 en route to 14 points. Davis' evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least 16 points. Quinterion Thurman also deserves some recognition as he grabbed his first steal of the season.

Caleb Wilson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Holy Innocents Episcopal, dropping a triple-double with 22 points, 11 boards, and 13 assists. Wilson is on a roll when it comes to points, as he's now scored 15 or more in each of the last 11 games he's played. Another player making a difference was Khalid Worthy, who went 6-for-7 to rack up 15 points and eight rebounds.

Therrell dropped their record down to 10-15 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road. As for Holy Innocents Episcopal, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 21-4.

Coming up, Therrell will take on KIPP Atlanta Collegiate at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. KIPP Atlanta Collegiate knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past eight matches -- so hopefully Therrell likes a good challenge. As for Holy Innocents Episcopal, they will host Lovett at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Holy Innocents Episcopal is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 71.3 points per game this season.