Another week is in the books for Woodlawn Prep, and the Wolfpack keep on winning at a historic pace after they beat a pair of opponents by an average of 33 points.
Woodlawn Prep (15-3, 7-0) has looked unbeatable since returning from the holidays and appears to only be getting better with each game.
“It seems like we’re making (winning) a little bit of a routine,” head coach Cliff East said. “I recognize that once we get into the district tournament and beyond, our level of competition is really going to step up quite a bit. So I’m making sure we’re challenging these guys to recognize that what we’ve done to this point is good, but there is a prize that is a whole lot bigger out there that’s going to take a lot more work, dedication and focus.”
Following a nine-day layoff, Woodlawn Prep wasn’t rusty at all Jan. 20, dominating Humphreys Academy 73-41 in Belzoni to extend its current win streak to five games.
In a career filled with dominant performances, Brock Reed put together one of his best against Humphreys. The senior sharpshooter scored 29 points and drained seven 3-pointers, just two shy of his career best. It wasn’t just Reed getting it done from behind the arc either. The Wolfpack splashed 15 triples as a team, with Cole Sinclair making three and scoring 19 points and Wallace Farmer draining a pair and scoring 10 points.
“At the end of the game, I knew we had shot and made a good number of threes, but when I looked at the box score, it was crazy to me that we hit 15 threes and had six different guys come in and make them,” East said.
When it comes to postseason play, the best teams are able to win in different ways depending on the opponent. While Woodlawn typically is a perimeter-centric team, it has shown that it can win both inside and outside alike, which is a good indicator of what the Wolfpack could potentially do in February.
“What I like about the team right now is we’re maturing in the sense of we’re taking what the game gives us, and we’re not being so locked in on what we want to do. We’re taking what defense gives us and adjusting,” East said. “A couple of weeks ago, we had a game where our big guys had scored a whole lot of points. This game, they gave us a lot of open looks on the outside because they ran a 2-3 zone. They didn’t change against us, and we continued to shoot and knock down the 3-point shots.”
There was even more fun to be had Friday night as the Wolfpack celebrated their first-ever homecoming with a 69-35 beat down of Central Baptist, a team they beat by just six points earlier in the year.
“It was a neat experience for our school having homecoming for the very first time. I told the guys that everything we’ve done to this point doesn’t matter, and everything they did before the game, the festivities, didn’t really matter. Between the lines when you’re out there on the court, that’s all that really matters,” East said. “They stepped up. From beginning to end, we led in that game. For us to come out and overwhelm them, that was a good ball game.”
Reed led the charge with his sixth 20-point performance in Woodlawn’s past seven games, scoring 23 points and draining five 3-pointers. Sinclair added 14 points, while Brett Dykes chipped in 12, Drayson Patterson seven and Tanner Tullos six.
Woodlawn played at Sharkey Issaquena Academy Tuesday night, but results were unavailable at press time. The Wolfpack will play host to Rebul Academy Friday and close out the regular season Tuesday against Prentiss Christian on the school’s first senior night.
