Malia Mccelleis
| 01/10/25 @ Oak Grove | 28 |
| 01/07/25 vs Pearl | 16 |
| 01/03/25 @ Brandon | 18 |
| 12/27/24 vs Pontotoc | 21 |
Northwest Rankin had won five straight games and Malia Mccelleis did her part to make it six on Friday. The Northwest Rankin Cougars strolled past the Oak Grove Warriors with points to spare, taking the game 51-37 thanks in part to Mccelleis, who went 9 of 19 on her way to 28 points and five steals. Her evening made it four games in a row in which she has scored at least ten points.
The team also got some help courtesy of Kennedi Smith, who posted eight points along with seven rebounds and three steals. She has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times she's played.
Northwest Rankin is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine matches, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to assists: they averaged an imposing 7.67 assists in those games compared to only 7.67 in the others. As for Oak Grove, their loss dropped their record down to 8-12.
A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Northwest Rankin Cougars duke it out with the Meridian Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Oak Grove, they will face off against Pearl at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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