Basketball Game Preview: Stall Warriors vs. James Island Trojans

The Stall Warriors will take on the James Island Trojans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The two teams have had a bumpy ride up to this point with nine consecutive losses for Stall and five for James Island.

On Tuesday, Stall was beaten by Fort Dorchester 75-19.

Meanwhile, James Island came up short against Ashley Ridge on Tuesday and fell 54-42. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 111th, while the Swamp Foxes are ranked seventh).

James Island's defeat dropped their record down to 9-14. As for Stall, their loss dropped their record down to 6-15.

Stall was taken down by James Island 68-28 when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of James Island's Madisyn Smith, who went 5 of 10 to rack up 13 points in addition to eight assists and three steals. Now that Stall knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.