Southside Middle- Landmark defeated Southside Middle 41-24 on Tuesday in the kickoff of the Duval County Boys Basketball season. Cornelius Davis led the Seahawks with 14 points, Jacquell Jones chipped in 10 points and Jakaree Eley contributed 6 points for the win.
Southside broke out early in the first quarter outscoring Landmark 9-5. A. Hampton , K. Hayward , O. Constantine and G. Cardenas would hustle throughout the first quarter, landing shots over Landmark’s defense. Both teams would match up in the second quarter only scoring 5 points each to end the first half of the game with Southside leading 16-12.
Landmark head coach Maurice Crawley described the team’s first half performance was due to a “slow start”.
Landmark Middle’s Coach Maurice Crawley discusses tonight’s win over Southside Middle @DuvalSports pic.twitter.com/dgcSJS29Gn
— Makeda Lawton (@adekam1976) January 16, 2019
The second half performance by Landmark would complete a three-sixty turn around as Davis and Jones administered an exchange of heat sinking shots. The crowd was wowed with a three point stunner from Davis, as Landmark would capture the lead to end the third quarter 28-19.
Landmark takes it to the house . Landmark vs. Southside Middle @DuvalSports pic.twitter.com/ILR54uoBJu
— Makeda Lawton (@adekam1976) January 15, 2019
Davis would once again continue his reign throughout the remainder of the fourth along with Coron Davis , Brian Thomas and Cornel Wheeler as Southside (1-0) outscored Landmark (0-1) 13-10 in the final quarter.
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