Woodland waltzed into their game on Saturday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They escaped with a win against the Northside Eagles by the margin of a single free throw, 52-51. For the Wolfpack, this counts as revenge for the 60-57 win the Eagles walked away with the last time they faced one another back in December of 2014.
12/28/24 vs Northside | 5 |
12/27/24 vs Spalding | 3 |
12/03/24 @ Union Grove | 2 |
11/09/24 vs McNair | 2 |
12/17/24 vs Jones County | 1 |
Woodland was led to victory by Sekou Reid and Omari Scott. Reid went 5 for 11 on his way to 19 points and five steals, while Scott went 6 of 12 on his way to 17 points and three steals. Those five steals gave Reid a new career-high.
Northside lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Jordan Gaines, who posted 15 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Shontavious Gibson, who put up ten points.
Woodland has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 6-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.2 points per game. As for Northside, their record now sits at 5-5.
Woodland didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next contest, a 58-44 loss against Locust Grove on the 30th. As for Northside, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next game, a 66-45 victory against Lamar County on the 30th.
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