South View and Richmond squared off in some playoff action on Tuesday, but South View had to settle for second. They fell to the Richmond Raiders 84-79. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Tuesday (58), the Tigers still had to take the loss.
Demarcus Spearman
| 02/25/25 @ Richmond | 21 |
| 02/11/25 vs Cape Fear | 19 |
| 11/19/24 vs Pine Forest | 18 |
| 01/05/24 @ Douglas Byrd | 18 |
| 11/26/24 @ Union Pines | 17 |
South View's loss came despite strong showings from Demarcus Spearman and Antrell Gilmore. Spearman on his way to 21 points along with five assists and five rebounds, while Gilmore en route to 22 points and six boards. The dominant performance gave Spearman a new career-high in points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kasimir Gibson, who dropped a double-double with ten points and ten rebounds.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Richmond to victory, but perhaps none more so than Ahaiver McDonald, who to rack up 18 points. McDonald's big performance that evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least 18 points. Another player making a difference was Davion Ingram, who en route to 15 points.
South View has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches. That's put a noticeable dent in their 16-11 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.3 points over those games. Richmond has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 17 games. That's provided a massive bump to their 16-9 record this season.
South View does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Richmond, they will look to defend their home court on Friday against Overhills at 7:30 p.m. Richmond is on a eight-game streak of home wins, Overhills a three-game streak of away wins -- so someone will have to leave a streak behind on the court.
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