The Crawford County Eagles's game last Friday was a tough loss, but they didn't let that memory haunt them on Saturday. They came out on top against Twiggs County by a score of 38-30. The score was all tied up 16-16 at the break, but Crawford County was the better team in the second half.
Jakayla Peeples continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, scoring 15 points along with two steals. That makes it six consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Crawford County's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Trinity Fields, who scored six points along with six rebounds and two steals.
Twiggs County's defeat shouldn't obscure the performances of Shafrasia Young, who scored five points along with two steals, and Jamiyah Glover who scored 12 points. That was a full 40% of Twiggs County's points, marking the fourth time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Crawford County's victory ended a 13-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 5-8. As for Twiggs County, they bumped their record down to 1-12 with that defeat, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.
Crawford County will have some time to savor their win since their next game is a little ways off: they'll take on Temple at 6:00 p.m. on January 19th. Temple presents a significant challenge as they come into the match much higher ranked than Crawford County in Georgia (Temple is ranked 215th, while Crawford County is ranked 461st). As for Twiggs County, they will head out on the road to square off against Wilkinson County at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
