Northside has enjoyed the comforts of home their last two games, but now they'll head out on the road. The Northside Grizzlies and the Hillcrest Hornets will round out the year against one another at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday at. Hopefully Northside focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 12 on Thursday.
Last Thursday, Northside didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Har-Ber, but they still walked away with a 51-47 victory. Given Northside's advantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked fourth, while Har-Ber is ranked 37th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Northside's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Erianna Gooden led the charge by scoring 16 points along with five steals. That makes it seven consecutive games in which Gooden has scored at least 25% of Northside's points. Another player making a difference was Erikka Gooden, who scored eight points along with four steals.
Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought match, but Hillcrest had to settle for a 49-46 loss against Parkway South last Saturday.
Northside is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. As for Hillcrest, their loss dropped their record down to 4-3.
