You can't lose the match if you win every quarter, and that was precisely the Concord Spiders's strategy against the East Rowan Mustangs on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Concord blew East Rowan out of the water with a 80-34 final score. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 37-16.
Jeremiah Howard continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 24 points and 12 rebounds. He is on a roll when it comes to rebounds, as he's now pulled down 11 or more in the last three games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Jaden Reid, who dropped a double-double on 16 points and 12 rebounds.
Concord pushed their record up to 15-9 with that win, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 77.8 points per game. As for East Rowan, they have not been sharp recently as the team has lost 11 of their last 12 contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-20 record this season.
Concord will look to defend their home court on Monday against West Rowan at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully Concord focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up eight on Friday. East Rowan does not have any more games scheduled as of now.
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