It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but the Scotland Fighting Scots had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They took down the Fighting Red Wolves 56-42. Given Scotland's advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 105th, while Cedar Ridge is ranked 262nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Leading Scotland to victory were Alicia McClain and Morgan Thompson. McClain dropped a double-double on 22 points and 11 rebounds, while Thompson scored 25 points along with four steals and two blocks. Thompson is on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last 20 games she's played.
Despite the loss, Cedar Ridge had strong showings from Amiyah Ware, who scored 18 points along with six rebounds and two steals, and Sarah Utley, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and ten rebounds. Ware has been hot recently, having posted 15 or more points the last four times she's played.
Scotland pushed their record up to 22-4 with that victory, which was their seventh straight at home. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.1 points per game. As for Cedar Ridge, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 13-13.
Scotland will head out on the road to square off against Fike at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Scotland focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up ten on Tuesday. Cedar Ridge does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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