Etowah fought the good fight in their overtime matchup against Cherokee on Tuesday but wound up with a less-than-desirable result. They fell just short of the Cherokee Warriors by a score of 67-64. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (56), the Eagles still had to take the loss.
| 01/28/25 vs Cherokee | 20 |
| 12/28/24 vs Summerville | 19 |
| 01/19/24 vs Woodstock | 16 |
| 01/12/24 vs Allatoona | 15 |
| 12/10/24 vs Walton | 15 |
Several Eagles players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Taylor Davis, who went 7 for 15 en route to 20 points and five rebounds. Those 20 points gave Davis a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Savannah Aparicio, who went 6 of 10 on her way to 16 points along with eight assists and six boards.
Even though they lost, Etowah was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. The team's really been improving in that area: they've now improved their assist total in three consecutive contests.
Etowah's defeat dropped their record down to 17-5. As for Cherokee, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season.
Etowah will challenge North Paulding at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. North Paulding will roll in looking for their ninth straight win, something Etowah surely won't give up without a fight. As for Cherokee, they will face off against Wheeler at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Cherokee knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 23 matches -- so hopefully Wheeler likes a good challenge.
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