The New Hope Trojans and the Canton Tigers squared off in some playoff action on Friday, but sadly the New Hope Trojans had to settle for second. They took a 65-53 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Tigers. While losing is never fun, New Hope can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 65th, while Canton is ranked 19th).
Canton's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Shamira Morton led the charge by dropping a double-double on 23 points and 15 rebounds. Morton is crushing the rebound category: she's posted at least eight every time she's taken the court this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Na'Miya Davis, who scored 22 points along with six steals and five rebounds.
New Hope's loss dropped their record down to 16-10. As for Canton, they pushed their record up to 25-4 with that victory, which was their sixth straight at home.
New Hope does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Canton, they will take on West Point at 4:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Hopefully Canton focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 24 on Friday.
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