Basketball Preview: Mauldin Mavericks vs. Travelers Rest Devildogs
The Mauldin Mavericks will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Travelers Rest Devildogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Mauldin is currently enjoying a perfect season and no doubt wants to keep things rolling.
Mauldin will head into Wednesday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big last Wednesday (they won by 21) but on Wednesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Eastside 46-43.
Mauldin can attribute much of their success to Nathan Wilbourne, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 16 rebounds, and Eli Saint-Amour, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 13 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Wilbourne a new career-high in offensive rebounds (five). Another player making a difference was Jace Shaw, who had six points.
Mauldin smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 17 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 11 offensive rebounds in four consecutive matches.
Travelers Rest's found some homefield redemption this week after a overtime loss to St. Joseph's Catholic on Tuesday. Travelers Rest walked away with a 57-47 victory over Carolina Academy.
The win got Travelers Rest back to even at 1-1. As for Mauldin, their victory bumped their record up to 4-0.
Mauldin didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Travelers Rest in their previous matchup back in December of 2019, but they still walked away with a 70-66 win. Will Mauldin repeat their success, or does Travelers Rest have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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