After having lost a blowout in their previous game against West Forsyth, Parkland was happy to have turned things around on Tuesday. In a tight matchup that could have gone either way, they made off with a 44-43 victory over the R.J. Reynolds Demons. That's the third time they've managed to beat them this season, as they also won 63-59 back in December of 2024.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Parkland to victory, but perhaps none more so than Brock Jackson, who posted 14 points and six rebounds. Another player making a difference was Josiah Downing, who scored ten points and six boards.
Despite the loss, R.J. Reynolds still got an impressive performance from Miles Broadnax, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and 13 rebounds. Those 13 boards gave Broadnax a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Grant Burns, who put up 12 points and seven rebounds.
Parkland has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a massive bump to their 6-11 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 26.5% in those games and 31.5% outside of them. As for R.J. Reynolds, their loss was their third straight at home, which dropped their record down to 5-13.
Parkland has already played their next game (against East Forsyth), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. R.J. Reynolds will square off against Glenn at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. R.J. Reynolds is facing Glenn at the right time seeing as Glenn is stuck on a seven-game losing streak.
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