The Parkway South Patriots and the Clayton Greyhounds will round out the year against one another at at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Parkway South is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Ladue Horton Watkins just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Thursday. They took a 61-55 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Rams. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 107th, while the Rams are ranked 28th).
Noah Barnes
| 12/26/24 vs Ladue Horton Watkins | 23 |
| 12/23/24 vs Hazelwood East | 34 |
| 12/18/24 @ Affton | 24 |
| 12/14/24 vs Liberty | 30 |
Despite the loss, Parkway South got top-tier performance from Noah Barnes, who went 9 for 19 on his way to 23 points and seven assists. The game was Barnes' fourth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Parker Wolf, who posted seven points.
Meanwhile, Clayton unfortunately witnessed the end of their 13-game winning streak dating back to last season on Thursday. Their2024 ended with a 77-63 defeat against Christian Brothers. The loss put an end to the Greyhounds' undefeated start to the season.
Having lost for the first time this season, Clayton fell to 6-1. As for Parkway South, their loss dropped their record down to 6-3.
Parkway South lost to Clayton on the road by a decisive 66-48 margin in their previous matchup back in December of 2021. Can Parkway South avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
