Basketball Recap: Make It Five in a Row for Sumter County

Panthers

Previous 5 Games

02/04/25 @ Hardaway	55-31
02/03/25 vs Shaw	63-44
01/31/25 @ Kendrick	57-45
01/28/25 vs Kendrick	70-55
01/27/25 @ Columbus	47-42

Sumter County had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.8 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They blew past the Hardaway Hawks 55-31. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 152nd, while the Hawks are ranked 436th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Sumter County has also been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 13-9 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.7 points per game. As for Hardaway, they are on a seven-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 5-18.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Sumter County Panthers duke it out with the Carver Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Carver's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 13 games. Hardaway has already played their next contest (against Kendrick), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.