Basketball Game Preview: Blythewood Bengals vs. Sumter Gamecocks

By Team Reports Feb 6, 2025, 11:49pm

Basketball Preview: Blythewood Bengals vs. Sumter Gamecocks

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The Blythewood Bengals will face off against the Sumter Gamecocks at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Blythewood sitting on eight straight victories and Sumter on four.

Blythewood is headed into the contest after thoroughly thrashing West Florence: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Blythewood blew West Florence out of the water with a 69-38 final score. The Bengals have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten games by 20 points or more this season.

TJ Lewis was his usual excellent self, going 6 of 10 from beyond the arc on his way to 26 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kemuel Little, who posted nine points and five boards.

Meanwhile, Sumter didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Spring Valley on Wednesday, but they still walked away with a 52-48 win.

Sumter has also been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-10 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.6 points per game. As for Blythewood, their victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-3.

Blythewood took their win against Sumter when the teams last played back in January by a conclusive 71-50. Does Blythewood have another victory up their sleeve, or will Sumter turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.

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