Basketball Preview: Wayne County Yellow Jackets vs. Brunswick Pirates
Wayne County hasn't had much luck against Brunswick recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. Having just played yesterday, the Wayne County Yellow Jackets will head out on the road to face off against the Brunswick Pirates at 5:00 p.m.
Wayne County will head into Monday's game ready to turn things around: they couldn't quite beat Dodge County on Monday, but the three-point margin was a huge improvement compared to the 41-point loss they were dealt on Saturday. Wayne County fell just short of Dodge County by a score of 42-39. The Yellow Jackets just can't catch a break and have now endured four defeats in a row dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Brunswick on Saturday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Hilton Head Christian Academy out of the water with a 104-22 final score. The Pirates pushed the score to 80-19 by the end of the third, a deficit the Eagles had no chance of recovering from.
Brunswick's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Patrice Mungin led the charge by going 12 for 20 en route to 30 points plus five assists and five steals. Those five assists gave Mungin a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Martin Davis, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten steals.
Brunswick smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 11 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 11 offensive rebounds in five consecutive matches dating back to last season.
The victory got Brunswick back to even at 1-1. As for Wayne County, their loss dropped their record down to 0-3.
Wayne County and Brunswick were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in January of 2016, but Wayne County came up empty-handed after a 47-46 defeat. Can Wayne County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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