Woodland's tournament run continued when they took on West Brunswick on Friday. The Woodland Wolverines fell just short of the West Brunswick Trojans by a score of 60-58. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Thursday (57), the Wolverines still had to take the loss.
| 12/27/24 vs West Brunswick | 21 |
| 12/26/24 vs Scotland | 33 |
| 12/16/24 @ Cane Bay | 28 |
| 12/09/24 @ First Baptist School | 22 |
| 12/07/24 vs Orangeburg-Wilkinson | 16 |
When it comes to explaining why Woodland lost, don't look at JaKease Salley. Despite the final result, he dropped a double-double on 21 points and 12 rebounds. The contest was Salley's seventh in a row with at least ten points. Aiden Walker was another key player, putting up nine points along with six assists and five boards.
K'Veon Griffin was his usual excellent self, going 9 of 21 on his way to 20 points in addition to six rebounds and four steals for West Brunswick. The dominant performance also gave Griffin a new career-high in blocks (three). Another player making a difference was AJ Thomas, who went 5 for 9 on his way to 12 points and three steals.
Woodland has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 3-5 record this season. As for West Brunswick, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-4.
Woodland didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 50-43 loss against Hoke County on the 28th. As for West Brunswick, they also wasted no time getting back out on the court and have already played their next contest, a 71-35 defeat against West Bladen on the 28th.
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