Paulding County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their third straight defeat. They took a hard 90-75 fall against the McEachern Indians. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 157th, while the Indians are ranked third).
When it comes to explaining why Paulding County lost, don't look at Jerron Wilson. Despite the final result, he went 11 of 18 en route to 36 points and five rebounds. Wilson is becoming a predictor of Paulding County's success: when he posts at least 25 points the team is 6-3 (and 1-2 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Sebastien Okullo, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 11 boards.
Paulding County's loss dropped their record down to 7-5. As for McEachern, the victory was the eighth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 9-2.
Paulding County and North Paulding will round out the year against one another at at 2:30 p.m. on December 27th. McEachern will take on Riverwood in a holiday battle at at 4:30 p.m. on Saturday. McEachern knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past 11 matches -- so hopefully Riverwood likes a good challenge.
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