A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Flowers Jaguars face off against the DuVal Tigers at 7:15 p.m. on Thursday... Flowers knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past eight matchups -- so hopefully DuVal likes a good challenge.
Flowers is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing Northwestern: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Flowers blew Northwestern out of the water with an 82-35 final score. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 38-17.
| 01/14/25 vs Northwestern | 21 |
| 12/21/24 vs Paint Branch | 31 |
| 12/19/24 @ Eleanor Roosevelt | 22 |
| 12/17/24 vs Suitland | 19 |
| 12/13/24 vs Dunbar | 34 |
It was another big night for Tyrell Bowles, who dropped a double-double on 21 points and ten boards. The match was his 14th in a row with at least ten points. Another player making a difference was Israel Johnson, who went 6 for 12 on his way to 15 points.
Meanwhile, DuVal hadn't done well against Bowie recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. DuVal walked away with a 55-44 victory over Bowie. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.
Flowers pushed their record up to 7-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. As for DuVal, their record is now 6-1.
Flowers lost to DuVal on the road by a decisive 72-54 margin when the teams last played back in February of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of DuVal's Daniel Nwaete, who went 7 of 10 en route to 15 points in addition to seven rebounds and four steals. Now that Flowers knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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