North Pontotoc lost against New Albany back in January, and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The North Pontotoc Vikings took a 79-67 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 Saturday (62), the Vikings still had to take the loss.
Leading New Albany to victory were Decorion Hardin and Amari Hubbard. Hardin went 9 for 14 on his way to 22 points, while Hubbard went 8 of 12 en route to 21 points. Hubbard continues to improve, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Issac Gilbert, who went 5 of 7 on his way to 10 points in addition to seven boards and four steals.
North Pontotoc has been struggling recently as they've lost six of their last seven games, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-10 record this season. As for New Albany, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Both squads are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. North Pontotoc will host South Pontotoc at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. As for New Albany, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Senatobia at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. New Albany is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 62.4 points per game this season.
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