The Buchholz Bobcats extended their postseason success on Thursday against the Forest Wildcats. They came out on top against the Wildcats by a score of 59-48. That's another feather in the cap for Buchholz, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
Palmer Walton had an outrageously good game as he shot 4-for-4 from deep and almost dropped a double-double on 23 points and nine rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Collin Dunmore, who scored 11 points along with seven rebounds.
Defeat or not, Forest got some senior leadership from Zay McCoy and Anthony Rivera. McCoy scored 22 points, while Rivera. scored 18 points. That was a full 45.8% of Forest's points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Isaac Timmons, who scored four points along with seven rebounds.
Even though they lost, Forest smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. This was only their second loss (out of seven games) when they hit their own glass that hard.
Buchholz is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 18-10 record this season. As for Forest, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 20-8.
Buchholz will be staying on the road on Tuesday to face off against Wiregrass Ranch at 7:00 p.m. on February 20th. Wiregrass Ranch knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past 28 games -- so hopefully Buchholz likes a good challenge. Forest does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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