Basketball Recap: Bacon County Takes a Loss
By Team Reports
Feb 8, 2025, 10:12am
Basketball Recap: Bacon County Raiders vs. Fitzgerald Purple Hurricane
Bacon County was the 80-54 winner over Fitzgerald when they last played one another back in January, but their luck changed this time around. The Bacon County Raiders took a hard 80-61 fall against the Fitzgerald Purple Hurricane on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 335th, while the Purple Hurricane are ranked 147th).

Xavier Harris
12/21/24 @ Appling County | 34 |
01/31/25 vs Fitzgerald | 32 |
01/28/25 @ Berrien | 30 |
01/14/25 @ Fitzgerald | 29 |
12/13/24 vs Appling County | 25 |
+ 14 more games |
When it comes to explaining why Bacon County lost, don't look at Xavier Harris. Despite the final result, he went 13 for 28 en route to 32 points in addition to five boards and three steals. Harris is becoming a predictor of Bacon County's success: when he posts at least 30 points the team is 2-1 (and 7-9 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Amar'E Ryals, who dropped a double-double on ten rebounds and ten assists.
Bacon County now has a losing record at 9-10. As for Fitzgerald, they pushed their record up to 14-4 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Bacon County wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next matchup, an 84-37 loss against Worth County on the 1st. As for Fitzgerald, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 63-62 victory against Jeff Davis on the 1st.
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