Winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Fox Creek). They breezed by the Aiken Fighting Green Hornets to the tune of 86-59 on Friday. The Predators have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won three contests by 27 points or more this season.
12/06/24 vs Aiken | 27 |
01/05/24 vs Gilbert | 26 |
01/26/24 @ Silver Bluff | 17 |
02/13/24 vs Columbia | 16 |
11/26/24 vs Gilbert | 15 |
Leading Fox Creek to victory were Kobe Sims and Gavin Baskett. Sims posted 27 points, while Baskett scored 25 points. Those 27 points gave Sims a new career-high. Another player making a difference was Justin Vining, who had ten points.
Despite the defeat, Aiken saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Julian Graham went 6 of 13 on his way to 18 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Sanjaya Johnson, who put up ten points, to go along with six boards and three blocks.
The win was the fourth in a row for Fox Creek, bringing their record for this year to 4-1. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 25 points. As for Aiken, their loss dropped their record down to 3-2.
Fox Creek wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next game, a 54-51 defeat against Thomson on the 7th. As for Aiken, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 64-41 loss against Irmo on the 9th.
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