After a string of six wins, the Paideia Pythons's good fortune finally ran out on Saturday. They lost to Mount Vernon on the road by a decisive 66-48 margin. While losing is never fun, Paideia can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 178th, while Mount Vernon is ranked 50th).
Mount Vernon's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Xavier Shegog, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 13 rebounds. Shegog has been hot recently, having posted 17 or more points the last three times he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Kj Garris, who scored 20 points.
Paideia's defeat dropped their record down to 13-12. As for Mount Vernon, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 18-9 record this season.
Paideia does not have any more games scheduled as of now. Mount Vernon also has no future games currently scheduled.
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