Basketball Game Preview: Goose Creek Gators vs. Stratford Knights

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Previous Games

02/06/24 - Away	71-58 W
01/19/24 - Home	68-26 W
02/09/23 - Home	68-26 W
01/24/23 - Away	88-33 W
02/09/22 - Away	56-45 W
+ 5 more games

Goose Creek has gone 9-1 against Stratford recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Goose Creek Gators are taking a road trip to square off against the Stratford Knights at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Goose Creek has four straight victories, Stratford has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Goose Creek is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Wando: they outscored them in every quarter. Goose Creek was the clear victor by a 72-46 margin over Wando on Monday. The Gators have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten matches by 24 points or more this season.

Meanwhile, Stratford lost to Berkeley on the road by a 65-51 margin on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 148th, while the Stags are ranked 24th).

Goose Creek pushed their record up to 16-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 29 points. As for Stratford, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-9.

Goose Creek was able to grind out a solid victory over Stratford when the teams last played back in February of 2024, winning 71-58. Will Goose Creek repeat their success, or does Stratford have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.