Basketball Game Preview: Fox Creek Predators vs. Silver Bluff Bulldogs
By Team Reports
Feb 11, 2025, 11:33pm
Basketball Preview: Fox Creek Predators vs. Silver Bluff Bulldogs

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01/28/25 - Home | 72-40 W |
01/26/24 - Away | 58-47 W |
01/08/24 - Home | 67-61 W |
01/27/23 - Home | 42-44 L |
01/10/23 - Away | 54-58 L |
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Fox Creek and Silver Bluff are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2019, but not for long. The Fox Creek Predators will face off against the Silver Bluff Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Fox Creek is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed past Swansea to the tune of 105-32 on Tuesday. Given the Predators' advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 78th, while the Tigers are ranked 277th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Silver Bluff posted their closest win since December 12, 2023 on Wednesday. They narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Swansea 47-45. The win continues a trend for the Bulldogs in their matchups with the Tigers: they've now won three in a row.
Fox Creek better focus on containing Deshawn Wells and Zyrell Williamson as the pair were huge in Silver Bluff's win. Wells went 5 of 11 en route to 11 points, while Williamson posted 13 points. What's more, Wells also posted a 45% shooting accuracy, which is the highest he's posted since back in December of 2024. Another player making a difference was Camron Frazier, who earned six points.
Fox Creek is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-10 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.1 points over those games. As for Silver Bluff, their victory bumped their record up to 12-9.
Everything came up roses for Fox Creek against Silver Bluff in their previous meeting two weeks ago, as the team secured a 72-40 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fox Creek since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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