Countryside entered their tilt with St. Petersburg on Thursday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They walked away with a 56-43 victory over the St. Petersburg Green Devils. This was a revenge game for the Cougars: when they faced off against the Green Devils back in December of 2024, they had to take a 58-45 loss.
Alyssa Wright
| 01/30/25 vs St. Petersburg | 20 |
| 01/28/25 vs Osceola | 18 |
| 01/23/25 vs Pinellas Park | 17 |
Leading Countryside to victory were Julia Smith and Alyssa Wright. Smith went 8 for 19 to rack up 22 points in addition to eight rebounds and three steals, while Wright went 5 of 11 en route to 20 points along with eight assists and five boards. The matchup was Wright's third in a row with at least 17 points. Amaria Wright was another key player, putting up four points.
They weren't the only ones working in the assist department: Countryside was working as a unit and finished the game with 15 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as St. Petersburg only racked up nine assists.
Despite the defeat, St. Petersburg saw an underclassman step up: freshman Shaw Summer dropped a double-double on 28 points and 15 boards. That was a full 65.1% of St. Petersburg's points, marking the fourth time in a row she's posted more than a third of the team's points.
Countryside's win was their eighth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-5. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to offensive boards: they averaged an imposing 13 offensive rebounds in those games compared to only 13 in the others. As for St. Petersburg, their loss was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 4-1 and their overall record down to 17-8.
Countryside didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 74-12 victory against Pinellas Park on the 4th. As for St. Petersburg, they have also already played their next contest, a 56-42 defeat against Countryside on the 6th.
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