It's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact the Heritage Patriots can now relate to. They fell just short of the Bulldogs by a score of 59-57. While losing is never fun, Heritage can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 317th, while Tri-Cities is ranked 56th).
Tre Keith continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Tri-Cities, scoring 33 points along with seven rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Keith has scored all season. Another player making a difference was Jayden London, who dropped a double-double on 13 points and ten rebounds.
Heritage are on a three-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 10-20. That rough patch can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.0 points per game. As for Tri-Cities, they have been performing well recently as they've won 15 of their last 18 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-8 record this season.
Heritage does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Tri-Cities, they will play host again and welcome Hiram, where tip off is scheduled for 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Hiram has been dominant on offense recently, as they've racked up an incredible 782 points over their last 11 matchups.
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