Piedmont boys back in NE Regionals

By Al Muskewitz, East Alabama Sports Today

PIEDMONT – Alex Odam scored 15 points, Omarion Foster had 12 and the Piedmont put together another strong post-season defensive effort in beating Saks 50-28 in the Class 3A subregionals Tuesday night.

The victory sends the Bulldogs (21-7) to face Plainview in the Northeast Regional semifinals at Jacksonville State Thursday at 7:30 p.m.

It will be their eighth straight trip to the regionals. They have played Plainview five times previously in the regionals, including the famous five-overtime semifinal in 2016.

Piedmont coach JoJo Odam has been really pleased with the Bulldogs’ defense since the end of the regular season. In their three postseason games so far this season – two area tournament games and the subregional – they have limited their opponents to a total of 72 points. They held the Wildcats to one point in the second quarter.

The win was the Bulldogs’ 10thwin in a row and helped them complete an undefeated home schedule (11-0). Odam has led them in scoring all 10 games of the winning streak and is averaging 29.5 points a game during it. He’s actually averaging 29.7 in his last 11 games.

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