Basketball Game Preview: Commerce Tigers vs. Rabun County Wildcats

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Previous Games

01/28/25 - Home	67-49 W
01/04/25 - Away	53-59 L
01/26/24 - Home	51-80 L
01/10/24 - Away	58-55 W
01/27/23 - Away	76-63 W
+ 3 more games

Commerce and Rabun County are an even 4-4 against one another since December of 2020, but not for long. A feisty cat fight will be fought as the Tigers duke it out with the Wildcats at 8:30 p.m. on Friday. Commerce knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past five games -- so hopefully Rabun County likes a good challenge.

On Wednesday, Commerce beat Providence Christian Academy 69-59. The victory continues a trend for the Tigers in their matchups with the Storm: they've now won three in a row.

Meanwhile, everything went Rabun County's way against Banks County on Wednesday as Rabun County made off with an 80-57 win. The Wildcats have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 14 contests by 23 points or more this season.

Rabun County has been performing well recently as they've won 16 of their last 19 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.7 points over those games. As for Commerce, their victory bumped their record up to 18-8.

Commerce strolled past Rabun County when the teams last played back in January by a score of 67-49. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Rabun County's Huey Blalock, who posted 22 points and three steals. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Commerce still be able to contain Blalock? There's only one way to find out.