Northside boys roll over Northside-Columbus with scorching performance behind the arc

WARNER ROBINS — Northside (9-3) made their six first-half threes against Perry look easy as they drilled 14 total three-pointers in their 91-69 win against Northside-Columbus (1-10) to end the 2025 slate.

The Eagles have had eager shooters since last year, a little over-eager if you asked head coach Buck Harris, but they are hitting them at a much higher clip in recent games.

But unlike last year Northside didn’t seem to lean too much on shots from behind the arc to beat the Patriots. Not too many of them felt forced and they routinely worked the ball around and ran their regular offense.

“Everybody say they want shooters, but I want makers,” Harris said. “I got to have guys that can make shots. Elijah [Patmon’s] not here so we really didn’t have an inside presence. So what we wanted to do was attack the basket off the dribble and shoot the three. They listened today and I think we accomplished that one goal.”

Sometimes drives or post touches led to open threes against Northside-Columbus’ 2-3 zone defense, but they didn’t take every lightly contested look that was available.

The Eagles swung the ball and shared the love as seven different players hit a shot from range.

Their six first-quarter triples gave them a double-digit lead, similar to the night before against Perry, and by halftime the Patriots’ deficit grew to 15.

Nothing seemed to change after halftime. Both clubs exchanged turnovers as the pace kept up, but Northside put enough together to take a lead as large as 27 in the fourth quarter.

“I told them at halftime, ‘I think you made 10 threes. But like I told you last night at Perry…you live by the three you die by the three,’” Harris said. “So now I need you to attack the basket, move the basketball. Now if you got time and space, where you can catch it and flip it, then I want you to shoot the ball with confidence.”

“One of the things we did today at shooter around, we got up a bunch of shots and we did some things differently where I wanted them to be relaxed when they shot the ball, and I think that carried over today,” he continued. “They shared the ball, made the extra pass and we had some guys step up and make some threes tonight.”

UP NEXT

Northside will start their region schedule against Thomas County Central on Friday, Jan. 2 at 3:30 p.m. in the Eagles’ Nest.

The Patriots will play one more non-region game on Friday, Jan. 2 at home against Opelika at 8:30 p.m.