After flying high against Drew last Friday, the Northgate Vikings came back down to earth. Northgate fell to Northside 49-43. The result was an unpleasant reminder to Northgate of the 65-58 loss they experienced in the pair's previous head-to-head fixture two weeks ago.
When it comes to explaining why Northgate lost on Tuesday, one person who can't be blamed is Deasia Stinson. Despite the final result, she dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten rebounds. Stinson hasn't dropped below four steals for six straight games. Another player making a difference was Randria Wilcher, who scored ten points along with seven rebounds.
Zariah Davis was her usual excellent self, scoring 16 points for Northside. The team also got some help courtesy of ZaKyra Mcgee, who scored 11 points along with eight rebounds.
Northgate has not been sharp recently as the team has lost three of their last four games, which put a noticeable dent in their 16-9 record this season. As for Northside, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matches, which provided a nice bump to their 10-15 record this season.
Northgate will face off against McIntosh at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Northgate focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up ten on Tuesday. Northside does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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