Basketball Game Preview: Waccamaw Warriors vs. Dillon Wildcats

Waccamaw is 0-10 against Dillon since January of 2018 but things could change on Thursday. The Waccamaw Warriors will challenge the Dillon Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

Last Tuesday, Waccamaw beat Marlboro County 49-42.

Sutton Cooper

Points

02/11/25 @ Marlboro County	22
02/07/25 vs Dillon	15
02/04/25 vs Aynor	21
02/03/25 vs Marlboro County	19

Sutton Cooper was his usual excellent self, almost dropping a double-double with 22 points and nine boards. The contest was his fourth in a row with at least 15 points. Another player making a difference was Wade Leventis, who posted ten points along with seven rebounds and three steals.

Meanwhile, Dillon entered their tilt with Georgetown on Tuesday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They walked away with a 67-60 win over the Bulldogs.

Waccamaw better focus on containing Jazier Walker and Zamaurious Robertson as the pair were huge in Dillon's win. Walker dropped a double-double with 20 points and 14 boards, while Robertson had 17 points. Those 20 points gave Walker a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jacob Hunt, who earned 12 points.

Waccamaw is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-9 record this season. As for Dillon, their victory was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-8.

Waccamaw lost to Dillon on the road by a decisive 67-48 margin when the teams last played on Friday. Can Waccamaw avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.