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Natchez is 1-1, nonetheless alive in Hattiesburg Match
Revealed 12:00 pm Friday, December 30, 2022
HATTIESBURG — Identical to in latest weeks earlier than the Christmas vacation, it has been an up-and-down couple of days to date this week for Natchez Excessive College’s varsity basketball groups on the Hattiesburg Vacation Match.
However each the Girl Bulldogs and the Bulldogs had a chance on Friday to complete the double-elimination match out with some much-needed momentum on their sides.
The Natchez Excessive Girl Bulldogs obtained off to a superb begin final Wednesday morning as they held on for a 45-41 win over the Pearl Excessive College Girl Pirates to snap a two-game dropping streak.
Sadly for the Girl Bulldogs, they couldn’t preserve the momentum going as they fell to the Heidelberg Excessive College Girl Oilers 53-19.
The Girl Bulldogs’ report went to 9-6 total earlier than they tackle the Terry Excessive College Girl Bulldogs at 3 p.m. Friday.
The Natchez Excessive Bulldogs tried their greatest to tug off the upset of the undefeated Horn Lake Excessive College Eagles, the No. 1 group in all of MHSAA Class 6A.
Nonetheless, Natchez Excessive’s quest for a signature win with area play approaching would come up brief because it misplaced to Horn Lake 77-60.
“That was a superb recreation. Horn Lake’s obtained some good gamers. We’ve obtained some good gamers,” Bulldogs head coach David Haywood mentioned. “One in every of our gamers was out with a abdomen bug and he’s our main rebounder.”
Haywood added that not having that huge of a difference-maker down low to scrub up the boards was the deciding issue within the consequence of that recreation.
“The distinction was they obtained rebounds at well timed moments,” Haywood mentioned. “It was a seven- or nine-point recreation within the fourth quarter. We have been making an attempt to play a sooner tempo to create turnovers. We missed just a few pictures on the finish and we ended up having to foul them. They made their free throws to stretch it out to 17 factors.”
Regardless that Horn Lake led from starting to finish, Natchez Excessive stored the sport inside attain for many of the recreation. However the Bulldogs didn’t have sufficient to recover from the hump.
The Bulldogs rebounded final Thursday morning with a convincing 67-46 win over the Jefferson Davis County Excessive College Jaguars.
That win put Natchez Excessive’s report at 10-5 total. The Bulldogs tackle Yazoo County Excessive College at 3 p.m.