Darrius Fugh rocks the rim for two of his season-high 28 points in a 98-87 win over the LaGrange College (JV) Panthers on Tuesday. Fugh shot 75 percent from the floor and added 14 rebounds in the Bobcats' third consecutive victory.
photo by Brian St. John
For the third game in a row, the Georgia Northwestern Bobcats scored more points than they did in their previous game.
And for the third game in a row, the Bobcats put a checkmark in the win column.
The Navy-and-Silver caught fire in the second half Tuesday night in Rossville, pouring in 60 points in the final 20 minutes to hand the visiting LaGrange Panthers (junior varsity) a 98-87 loss in one of the Bobcats’ highest-scoring games of all time.
Georgia Northwestern (3-1), who managed just 61 total points in their first game of the season, shot 60 percent from the floor in the second half and 56 percent for the game as they built on a 38-33 halftime advantage.
The two teams exchanged the lead several times in the first half before the Bobcats took their biggest lead of the first half into the locker room.
Georgia Northwestern did part of its damage in the second half from long range as they shot 7-of-9 (78 percent) from behind the arc.
Down 70-46 with just over 11 minutes to play, LaGrange (0-1) began to slowly chip away at the deficit. They would whittle the Bobcats’ lead down to nine in the final minute, but would get no closer.
Eleven different players got in the scoring column for the Bobcats, led by Darrius Fugh, who had a monster night with 28 points and 14 rebounds. The former Pepperell High standout went 12-of-16 from the field, including 3-of-3 from the 3-point line.
Andrew Johnson and Daniel Parrish had 12 points each with Johnson pulling down five boards. Tyler Shropshire and Ricky Cardoza had 10 points apiece. Christopher Ellis had nine points, five rebounds and four steals, while Cameron Sherlin dropped in eight points and collected five boards.
Brandon Hopson had a team-high 19 points for the Panthers, followed by Jamison McCray and Jack McCormack with 12 each. Miles Rice chipped in with 11.
Georgia Northwestern will head up Lookout Mountain on Thursday to face the Covenant College JV squad at 7:30 p.m. inside Barnes Gymnasium.