Basketball Recap: Ethan Crews' Big Game Can't Quite Lead Easley over Greenville

Easley lost against Greenville back in January of 2024 and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Wednesday. The Easley Green Wave came up short against the Greenville Red Raiders, falling 65-44. While losing is never fun, the Green Wave can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 92nd, while the Red Raiders are ranked fifth).

Several Green Wave players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Ethan Crews, who posted 16 points. The match was Crews' 14th in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Rj Stack, who had eight points.

Easley dropped their record down to 10-6 with the defeat, which was their fourth straight on the road. Their recent woes sure aren't a result of their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 33.1% in those games and 35% outside of them. As for Greenville, the win was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 15-2.

Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Easley will host T.L. Hanna at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. T.L. Hanna knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past nine games -- so hopefully Easley likes a good challenge. As for Greenville, they will be playing in front of their home fans against J.L. Mann at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. J.L. Mann is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 62.7 points per game this season.