Basketball Game Preview: Lake Marion Gators vs. Orangeburg-Wilkinson Bruins

By Team Reports Dec 15, 2023, 2:33am

Preview: Lake Marion Gators vs. Orangeburg-Wilkinson Bruins

Lake Marion has enjoyed the comforts of home their last two games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will face off against the Orangeburg-Wilkinson Bruins at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Lake Marion will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps South Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 140th, while Orangeburg-Wilkinson is ranked 25th).

Last Saturday, Lake Marion lost to Orangeburg-Wilkinson at home by a decisive 56-41 margin.

Lake Marion's loss dropped their record down to 3-3. As for Orangeburg-Wilkinson, the victory for they keeps them at an undefeated 9-0.

Things could have been worse for Lake Marion, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 56-41 loss to Orangeburg-Wilkinson when the teams last played on Saturday. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Orangeburg-Wilkinson's Jenia Haigler, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and ten rebounds. Now that Lake Marion knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.