Basketball Game Preview: Pendleton Bulldogs vs. Crescent Tigers

vs

Previous Games

01/24/25 - Away	54-44 W
01/30/24 - Away	41-30 W
01/12/24 - Home	48-24 W
01/31/23 - Home	75-48 W
01/13/23 - Away	62-47 W
+ 5 more games

Pendleton has gone 9-1 against Crescent recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Pendleton Bulldogs will host the Crescent Tigers at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

On Friday, Pendleton came up short against Belton-Honea Path and fell 56-45.

Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Crescent took on Seneca on Friday. Crescent took a hard 71-52 fall against Seneca. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 203rd, while the Bobcats are ranked 94th).

Pendleton's defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 9-13. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.0 points over those games. As for Crescent, they have been struggling recently as they've lost five of their last six matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 12-12 record this season.

Pendleton was able to grind out a solid victory over Crescent in their previous meeting two weeks ago, winning 54-44. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Crescent's Philip Deveaux, who went 7 for 14 to rack up 18 points along with seven boards and five assists. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Pendleton still be able to contain Deveaux? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.