Basketball Recap: Berea Comes Up Short

After flying high against Pickens last Friday, Berea came back down to earth. The Berea Bulldogs had to suffer through a 85-51 loss at the hands of the Greer Yellow Jackets. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 183rd, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 27th).

Leading Greer to victory were Mikey Williams and Amare Anderson. Williams went 7 for 8 on his way to 21 points, while Anderson posted 14 points along with five rebounds and three steals. The dominant performance gave Williams a new career-high in points. Another player making a difference was Landon Valentine, who had ten points and five assists.

Berea dropped their record down to 7-10 with the loss, which was their fifth straight on the road. As for Greer, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 12-7 record this season.

Berea wasted no time getting back out on the court and has already played their next contest, a 60-43 defeat against Seneca on the 28th. As for Greer, they also didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 74-54 win against Blue Ridge on the 25th.