The Columbia Tigers are headed away from home for the first time to challenge the Oakleaf Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Columbia focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 13 on Tuesday.
Columbia is headed out to face Oakleaf after opening their season at home and giving their fans just what they were looking for. Columbia came out on top against The Rock by a score of 70-59.
Zavian Douglas and Zamarion Jones were among the main playmakers for Columbia as the former almost dropped a double-double on 19 points and nine rebounds and the latter went 5 for 10 en route to 18 points plus three steals. The dominant performance also gave Jones a new career-high in three-point shooting accuracy (60%). Tucker Floyd was another key player, posting nine points.
Meanwhile, Oakleaf didn't have quite enough to beat Atlantic on Tuesday and fell 67-65.
Columbia came up short against Oakleaf when the teams last played back in February of 2015, falling 84-79. Can Columbia avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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