THOMASVILLE — Brookwood boys basketball head coach Brad Piazza wondered a lot about his team headed into the season opener earlier this month. Four games later, it seems like so far, some of those questions have been answered in a positive way.

On the backs of their seniors, the Warriors are off to a 4-0 start on the young season with a better-than-expected offense, but they still see some things they have to iron out.

Brookwood is scoring an average of 57.25 points per game, with its latest two wins coming this week. With a 55-25 win against Tallavana and a closer 64-61 victory against Westwood on Tuesday night, a lot of Piazza’s offensive fears have been mostly alleviated.

“I was afraid we would start a little slowly,” he said. “I was a little worried about our ability to score and I felt like defensively, we’d have to keep people to the mid-40s to give ourselves a good shot at winning. We’re scoring a little better than I thought we would.”

The seniors have been a key cog in that, with Kyle Ostrom scoring 16 in both games this week. Christian Bell and Christopher Watt joined in Tuesday, scoring 13 and 15, respectively.

They did get some help from an underclassman against Westwood, as freshman Sam Barrett led the team with 20 points, making two 3-point shots. 

Next week, senior Bradley Jones will be back from injury, giving the Warriors another weapon on a team that has struggled a little bit with depth. They’re also still looking for a guard to step up.

“All my seniors have been playing well,” Piazza said. “They’ve all been in double figures pretty consistently. I’d like to get a little more balance scoring and get Jud (Jones) the ball a little bit more. He’s a good rebounder and a good defender.

“They’ve played together for a long time so they understand where they’re supposed to be.”

All of the success in scoring doesn’t mean they’re set where they are, though. Last night, Piazza didn’t think his team played as situationally sound as it could have toward the end, and Brookwood got into some foul trouble. He hopes that as the season goes on, his group will continue to learn.

“Defensively, we gave up 61 points,” he said. “That’s too many. We had too many mental mistakes late. We’ve got to clean that up. It’s just stuff you’re going to do early in the season.”