The Georgetown Day Mighty Hoppers are ranked highly in their home state, and on Friday they took on another highly ranked team in the form of the Peddie Falcons. Georgetown Day took their game at home with ease, bagging a 61-26 win over Peddie. Winning may never get old, but Georgetown Day sure is getting used to it with their sixth in a row.
Georgetown Day's victory was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Nevaeh Roberson, who scored 18 points along with eight rebounds. That makes it three consecutive games in which Roberson has scored at least 25% of Georgetown Day's points. Another player making a difference was Amira Comissiong, who scored 14 points along with six rebounds and three steals.
Georgetown Day's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-1. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.0 points per game. As for Peddie, they now have a losing record at 1-2.
Georgetown Day won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Freedom at 1:30 p.m. on December 16th. Freedom will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in their respective state's rankings (they are ranked 129th in Virginia, while Georgetown Day is ranked fourth in District of Columbia). Peddie won't have much time to rest: their next contest is against Episcopal at 11:00 a.m. on December 16th. Episcopal is strutting with some offensive muscle, as they've averaged 58.4 points per game.
