Basketball Game Preview: Baker County Wildcats vs. Branford Buccaneers

The Baker County Wildcats will challenge the Branford Buccaneers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Branford took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Baker County, who comes in off a win.

Baker County is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They walked away with a 66-55 win over West Nassau on Tuesday. The score was all tied up 22-22 at the break, but the Wildcats were the better team in the second half.

Baker County's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Jamarion Goodman led the charge by dropping a double-double on 18 points and ten boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Will Johnson, who went 8 of 16 on his way to 21 points.

Meanwhile, Branford was just a bucket shy of victory on Thursday and fell 47-46 to Lafayette. The game marked the Buccaneers' lowest-scoring matchup so far this season.

Baker County pushed their record up to 4-3 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.5 points per game. As for Branford, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-2.