The Southside Seahawks struggled with assists on Tuesday (the Ayden - Grifton Chargers had 1200% more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Southside was beaten by Ayden - Grifton 71-29. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Southside in their matchups with Ayden - Grifton: they've now lost eight in a row.
When it comes to explaining why Southside lost, one person who can't be blamed is Joshua Armstrong. Despite the final result, he scored 14 points. Armstrong scored a full 48.3% of Southside's points, the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Ayden - Grifton to victory, but perhaps none more so than Cam Honey, who scored 15 points along with 5 rebounds and 4 steals. The matchup was Honey's third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Josiha Crandell, who scored 13 points along with 6 rebounds and 5 steals.
Southside now has a losing record at 1-2. As for Ayden - Grifton, the win was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 3-0.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Southside won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Rosewood at 7:30 p.m. on November 29th. Allowing an average of 56 points per game, Rosewood has struggled on the defensive end, but that doesn't have to be the case in this game. As for Ayden - Grifton, they will be playing at home against South Lenoir at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. South Lenoir will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps North Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 303rd, while Ayden - Grifton is ranked 39th).
