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south 1 600The South Paulding Men's Basketball program is having a record breaking year. Already breaking the school record in most wins in the regular season with 22 playing in one of the toughest regions in the sate, with at times 4 teams ranked in the top 10. The team is ranked 5th in the state in 5A but overall in the top 25 in the whole state of Georgia. Gil Davis the Head Coach for South has completely changed the culture at South. Coach Davis has really brought his high energy, love and passion for the game to this program. He really cares about these kids lives on and off the court and wants to see them grow and become great adults. That is how you know you have done your Job as a coach he always says. These kids play hard for Coach Davis because they know how much he cares about them and would do anything for them. He is a great guy to work for you. You truly know he really cares about these kids, his coaches and this program coach Dyer says his assistant coach. I want to do the best job possible for Coach Davis because he gives so much and takes an interest in everyone's life in this program. He is a guy I would go to battle for.

Since taking over as the Head Coach, Davis is 84-26 over just a 5 year span. The team is lead by Senior Anthony Brown who is averaging 11 rebounds and 10 points and a pair of juniors Kane Williams who have received 3 D1 offers from Middle Tennessee, Alcorn State and Southern, he is averaging 14 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assist. Ja'Cori Wilson who has 2 D1 offers from Southern and Alcorn State is averaging 18 points, 7 rebounds. south 2 600The back court is lead by juniors Dj Jackson and Drew Shepherd. Dj is a player you can really count on handling the ball pressure and getting it to the right places. Drew is one of our best defenders with high energy and passion on the defensive end. What really makes our team work great is our senior leadership off the bench with LJ Pope, Tanner Holcomb, Trey White and Jalen Tolbert. These guys really bring it each and everyday to practice and in the games. These guys really put the team needs ahead of their own needs, they just want to win. In games you they are the biggest assets, some are big time rebounders, others are good scores and Josh, LJ and Jalen are lock down defenders.

South has already earned a state tourney spot and is looking for a region championship this weekend. They will travel to New Manchester this Friday at 5:30pm to play in the region tournament as they hold the number two seed. Coach Davis message to these kids this year is Our time is now.