The Westside Seminoles will take on the Morgan County Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Westside is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.4 points per game this season.
Westside is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Southwest just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Saturday. They took a 69-56 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Patriots. While losing is never fun, the Seminoles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 195th, while the Patriots are ranked 44th).
| 01/18/25 vs Southwest | 14 |
| 01/14/25 @ Rutland | 13 |
| 01/08/25 @ Central | 10 |
| 01/17/25 @ Jackson | 6 |
| 01/15/25 @ Howard | 5 |
Despite their loss, Westside saw several players rise to the challenge and make noteworthy plays. Brandon Hill, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and 14 boards, was perhaps the best of all. The dominant performance gave Hill a new career-high in rebounds. Another player making a difference was Joshua Harden, who went 7 for 17 on his way to 15 points and six boards.
Meanwhile, Morgan County waltzed into their contest on Friday with four straight wins... but they left with five. Everything went their way against the Cavaliers as they made off with a 59-39 victory. The Bulldogs have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven matchups by 20 points or more this season.
Morgan County is also on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.0 points per game. As for Westside, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-7.
Westside came up short against Morgan County in their previous matchup on January 3rd, falling 54-50. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Morgan County's Zeki Locus, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten rebounds. Now that Westside knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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