Basketball Recap: Colleton County Cougars vs. Stratford Knights
Colleton County won the last time they faced Stratford and Da'Veon Varner did his part to make sure it happened again. The Colleton County Cougars had just enough and edged the Stratford Knights out 61-58 thanks in part to Varner, who posted 24 points plus five rebounds and two steals. That makes it three consecutive games in which he has scored at least a third of Colleton County's points.
The team also got some help courtesy of Robert Parks, who posted 16 points in addition to two steals. What's more, he also posted a 44% field goal percentage, which is the highest he's posted since back in January.
Stratford lost on Tuesday despite a true team effort on the offense, the best among them being Landon Simmons, who earned eight points plus eight rebounds and three blocks. Herman Smith was another key player, earning 11 points plus three steals.
Colleton County's win ended a three-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-2.
Colleton County has already played their next match (against Stratford), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. As for Stratford, they will welcome Northwood Academy at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with 15 consecutive losses dating back to last season for Stratford and five for Northwood Academy.
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