Ragsdale hasn't had much luck against Northern Guilford recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Ragsdale Tigers are taking a road trip to square off against the Northern Guilford Nighthawks at 6:00 p.m. Both teams are still undefeated (Ragsdale has five wins , while Northern Guilford has three).
While Ragsdale didn't have the best season last year (they finished 5-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They breezed by R.J. Reynolds to the tune of 56-26 on Wednesday. The Tigers pushed the score to 50-12 by the end of the third, a deficit the Demons cut but never quite recovered from.
Ragsdale can attribute much of their success to Jamaya Boddie, who went 8 for 19 en route to 18 points plus five steals, and Brooke Parker, who went 5 for 10 en route to 15 points plus seven rebounds and three steals. The dominant performance also gave Parker a new career-high in offensive rebounds (three). Mya Ballard was another key player, posting eight points in addition to five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Northern Guilford didn't have too much trouble with Davie on Wednesday as they won 71-53.
Leena McField was a one-man wrecking crew for Northern Guilford as she almost dropped a double-double on 39 points and nine rebounds. McField's evening made it three games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Erika Greeson, who posted 11 points in addition to three steals.
Northern Guilford smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive rebounds in four consecutive games dating back to last season.
Ragsdale's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 5-0. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 30.2 points. As for Northern Guilford, their record now sits at 3-0.
Ragsdale was taken down by Northern Guilford 76-25 when the teams last played back in February. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Ragsdale was down 48-18.
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