Preview: Fountain Inn Fury vs. Blue Ridge Fighting Tigers
The Fountain Inn Fury will head out on the road to take on the Blue Ridge Fighting Tigers at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Hopefully Fountain Inn focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 27 on Tuesday.
With a playoff game on the line, Fountain Inn rose to the challenge on Tuesday. They narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past the Wolverines 45-43. The score was all tied up 21-21 at the break, but Fountain Inn was the better team in the second half.
Fountain Inn found their leader in underclassman Chaniya Jackson, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 18 rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Madison Garnett, who scored two points along with seven rebounds.
Meanwhile, Blue Ridge strolled past Seneca with points to spare on Wednesday, taking the game 57-40. Blue Ridge pushed the score to 42-22 by the end of the third, a deficit Seneca cut but never quite recovered from.
Zikira henderson was her usual excellent self, scoring 21 points along with six rebounds and three steals. She has been hot recently, having posted 17 or more points the last seven times she's played. Another player making a difference was Claire Skinner, who dropped a double-double on ten points and ten rebounds.
Fountain Inn has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-7 record this season. As for Blue Ridge, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 22-4.
This contest is one where the number of possessions is likely to be a big factor: Fountain Inn have been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 34.4 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Blue Ridge struggles in that department as they've been averaging 35 rebounds per game. Given these competing strengths, it'll be interesting to see how their clash plays out. Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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