The Westover Patriots's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Friday after their fourth straight loss. They fell just short of Valdosta by a score of 50-47. While losing is never fun, Westover can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 236th, while Valdosta is ranked 60th).
Westover's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Sydney Donaldson, who scored 21 points along with 6 rebounds, and Jada Landers who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 11 rebounds. Landers scored a full 27.7% of Westover's points, the fifth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaiya Conway, who scored 8 points along with 5 rebounds.
Westover has fallen quite a ways from their 19-8 record last season and are now at 1-4. As for Valdosta, the victory makes it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-1.
Both squads will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Westover won't have much time to rest: their next matchup is against Monroe at 6:00 p.m. on December 9th. As for Valdosta, they will head out on the road to face off against Westover at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
