You're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Emerald on Wednesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew the Crescent Tigers out of the water with a 57-28 final score. The matchup was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Vikings had established a 21 point advantage.
Emerald was led to victory by Le'Asia Morgan and Jurnee Williams. Morgan dropped a double-double on 20 points and 13 rebounds, while Williams earned 13 points plus six assists and six rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Morgan a new career-high in offensive rebounds (five). Another player making a difference was Ketorey Brown, who had five points along with five rebounds and three steals.
The victory got Emerald back to even at 1-1. As for Crescent, they are on a 12-game losing streak (dating back to last season) that has dropped them down to 0-2.
Emerald will challenge Ninety Six at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Crescent has already played their next match (against Emerald), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.
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