It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Mt. Zion Eagles can now relate to. They ended up on the wrong side of a rough 66-45 walloping at the hands of the Blue Devils on Wednesday. Mt. Zion found out winning isn't easy when you're outrebounded 25 to ten on offense.
Despite the loss, Mt. Zion had strong showings from Austin Waters, who scored 18 points along with five rebounds and four steals, and Randy Alday, who scored ten points along with seven blocks. Alday continues to roll, besting his previous point total in each of the last three games he's played.
Manchester was led to victory by Daryus Bryant and Jhi Terry. Bryant scored 19 points along with eight rebounds and two steals, while Terry dropped a double-double on 17 points and 17 rebounds. Terry is on a roll when it comes to rebounds, as he's now pulled down eight or more in the last six games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of CJ Favors, who scored eight points along with eight rebounds and two steals.
Mt. Zion's loss was their third straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 16-13. As for Manchester, they are on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season.
Mt. Zion does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Manchester, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Towns County at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Manchester focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 13 on Wednesday.
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