Two dominant forwards in Lana Vandyke and Nimah Ibidunni are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The South Paulding Spartans are on the road again on Saturday and plays the Alexander Cougars at 2:00 p.m. on February 17th. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Last Thursday, South Paulding had to suffer through a rough 67-29 loss at the hands of Langston Hughes. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for South Paulding in their matchups with Langston Hughes: they've now lost nine in a row.
Meanwhile, Alexander was the victim of a tough 55-29 defeat at the hands of New Manchester on Thursday. While losing is never fun, Alexander can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 151st, while New Manchester is ranked 33rd).
Isabella Italiano was Alexander's leading scorer, having posted six points.
Rachel Porter held things down on the boards with nine rebounds.
Elon Williams took the lead distributing the ball, coming up with two assists.
South Paulding's loss dropped their record down to 11-17. As for Alexander, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 15-11.
South Paulding came up short against Alexander in their previous matchup last Thursday, falling 43-39. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Ibidunni, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 11 rebounds. Now that South Paulding knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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