Parkway South hasn't had much luck against Ladue Horton Watkins recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Parkway South Patriots will take on the Ladue Horton Watkins Rams in a tournament on Thursday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with Parkway South sitting on three straight wins and Ladue Horton Watkins on six.
While Parkway South didn't have the best season last year (they finished 10-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They secured a 60-54 W over Hazelwood East on Monday. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 117th, while the Spartans are ranked 237th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Noah Barnes
| 12/23/24 vs Hazelwood East | 34 |
| 12/18/24 @ Affton | 24 |
| 12/14/24 vs Liberty | 30 |
Noah Barnes was his usual excellent self, going 11 for 20 on his way to 34 points in addition to eight assists and five boards. The match was his third in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Sidwell, who went 7 of 9 on his way to 14 points.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Ladue Horton Watkins). They blew past Jennings 86-44 on Sunday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Parkway South is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.4 points per game. As for Ladue Horton Watkins, their win bumped their record up to 6-0.
Parkway South was taken down by Ladue Horton Watkins 74-40 in their previous meeting back in February of 2022. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Parkway South was down 42-22.
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