Southside Middle-Â Landmark defeated Southside Middle 41-24Â 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”.Â
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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