South Pontotoc lost against New Albany back in February of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Thursday. The South Pontotoc Cougars took a 66-62 hit to the loss column at the hands of the New Albany Bulldogs. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (56), the Cougars still had to take the loss.
Issac Gilbert was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 24 points and ten rebounds for New Albany. The dominant performance gave Gilbert a new career-high in points. Kylan King was another key player, as he made all 5 shots he took racking up 14 points and five boards.
South Pontotoc has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 12-9 record this season. As for New Albany, their win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-5.
South Pontotoc will host North Pontotoc at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. New Albany has already played their next contest (against Amory), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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