Forrest County Agricultural has been on the road for three straight, but on Friday they'll finally head home. They will take on the Columbia Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Friday, Forrest County Agricultural beat Sumrall 43-36. The victory was just what Forrest County Agricultural needed coming off of a 64-30 defeat in their prior game.
In what's become a running theme this season, Columbia gave their fans yet another huge win on Friday. They blew past Poplarville 43-22. Winning may never get old, but Columbia sure is getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Jakira Brown continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 17 points. She has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last six times she's played. Another player making a difference was Indea Pounds, who scored eight points.
Forrest County Agricultural's win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 7-12. As for Columbia, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-4 record this season.
Forrest County Agricultural suffered a grim 48-23 defeat to Columbia when the teams last played on January 2nd. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Brown, who scored 20 points. Now that Forrest County Agricultural knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
