It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Piedmont Academy can now relate to. They took an 86-78 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Westminster Schools of Augusta Wildcats on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Friday (55), the Cougars still had to take the loss.
Marissa Holder
| 02/21/25 vs Westminster Schools of Augusta | 12 |
| 02/14/25 vs Stratford Academy | 11 |
| 02/13/25 vs Mount de Sales Academy | 10 |
| 02/07/25 vs First Presbyterian Day | 14 |
| 02/04/25 vs John Milledge Academy | 14 |
| + 21 more games |
When it comes to explaining why Piedmont Academy lost, don't look at Marissa Holder. Despite the final result, she dropped a double-double with 30 points and 12 boards. Holder has been hot for a while, having posted eight or more rebounds the last 26 times she's played. Another player making a difference was Kylee Keck, who almost dropped a double-double with 19 points and nine boards.
India Williams continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines for Westminster Schools of Augusta, putting up 61 points. That makes it 18 consecutive games in which Williams has scored at least a third of Westminster Schools of Augusta's points. Carolina Jordan was another key player, earning 11 points.
This is the second loss in a row for Piedmont Academy and nudges their season record down to 23-6. That patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.5 points over those games. As for Westminster Schools of Augusta, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups. That's provided a nice bump to their 19-6 record this season.
Piedmont Academy does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Westminster Schools of Augusta, they will take on John Milledge Academy at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
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