After flying high against Piedmont Academy last Friday, Gatewood came back down to earth. The Gatewood Gators took a 64-57 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Westfield School Hornets on Thursday. The contest marked the Gators' lowest-scoring game so far this season.
Gatewood lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Matt Allen, who dropped a double-double on 25 points and ten boards. That was a full 43.9% of Gatewood's points, marking the sixth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Moreno, who put up ten points and four steals.
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Even though they lost, Gatewood smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 18 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in 13 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Gatewood's loss ended an eight-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 6-1. As for Westfield School, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
Gatewood didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 78-34 win against Georgia Military College on the 21st. As for Westfield School, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, an 80-61 victory against Robert Toombs Christian Academy on the 20th.
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