The Nolensville Knights will be taking part in a tournament against the Winter Park Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Nolensville has eight straight wins, Winter Park has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Nolensville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Columbia Academy to the tune of 68-33 on Saturday. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 27th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 237th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Nolensville to victory, but perhaps none more so than Nyla Johnson, who went 6 of 11 on her way to 13 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Leilani Washington, who posted six points along with five boards and four steals.
Meanwhile, Winter Park ended up a good deal behind Hampton on Friday and lost 46-32.
Nolensville will need focus on slowing down Elizabeth Riley, one of several Winter Park players who made an impact when they last played. She had ten points. Maggie Mcmillen was another key player, putting up two points.
Winter Park's loss dropped their record down to 6-6. As for Nolensville, their victory bumped their record up to 9-1.
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