Even though the Twiggs Academy Trojans have not done well against the Crisp Academy Wildcats recently (they were 0-7 in their previous seven matchups), they didn't let the past get in their way on Thursday. Twiggs Academy came out on top against Crisp Academy by a score of 42-35. For Twiggs Academy, this counts as revenge for the 51-38 defeat Crisp Academy walked away with the last time they faced one another back in January.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Twiggs Academy to victory, but perhaps none more so than Raigan Gilbert, who scored 8 points along with 10 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Madison Lavender, who scored 6 points along with 6 rebounds and 5 steals.
The win got Twiggs Academy back to even at 2-2. As for Crisp Academy, they have fallen quite a ways from their 18-9 record last season and are now at 1-3.
Twiggs Academy will head out on the road to face off against Windsor Academy at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Allowing an average of 64 points per game, Windsor Academy has struggled on the defensive end, but that doesn't have to be the case in this matchup. Crisp Academy won't have much time to rest: their next game is against Furlow Charter School at 6:00 p.m. on December 1st. Furlow Charter School comes in on a streak of failing to score more than six points in their last three games, a trend the team is of course eager to reverse.
