The Northwest Whitfield Bruins will challenge the Calhoun Yellow Jackets at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Saturday, Northwest Whitfield strolled past Ridgeland with points to spare, taking the game 72-58. Given the Bruins' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 179th, while the Panthers are ranked 483rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Calhoun's strategy against Heritage on Saturday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Calhoun blew Heritage out of the water with a 75-39 final score. With the Yellow Jackets ahead 35-15 at the half, the match was all but over already.
Northwest Whitfield better focus on containing Blake Hammett and Trey Perkins as the pair were huge in Calhoun's win. Hammett went 6 for 10 on his way to 15 points in addition to eight rebounds and three steals, while Perkins made all 7 shots he took to post 14 points and seven boards. Those 14 points gave Perkins a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Beau Kelly, who posted seven points.
Calhoun was working as a unit and finished the game with 22 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Northwest Whitfield's win bumped their record up to 10-2. As for Calhoun, their victory ended a seven-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 4-2.
Northwest Whitfield won a game that couldn't have been any closer when the teams last played back in January of 2018, slipping by Calhoun 56-55. Does Northwest Whitfield have another victory up their sleeve, or will Calhoun turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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