Basketball Game Preview: Sequoyah Chiefs vs. Stephenson Jaguars

The Sequoyah Chiefs and the Stephenson Jaguars will round out the year against one another at at 9:00 a.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.

Last Saturday, everything went Sequoyah's way against White County as Sequoyah made off with a 53-32 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Chiefs.

It was another big night for Milanni Abdus-Salaam, who shot 5-for-7 from deep and almost dropped a double-double on 27 points and nine rebounds. That makes it four consecutive games in which she has scored at least a third of Sequoyah's points. Harper Cofer was another key player, putting up nine points and three steals.

Meanwhile, Stephenson had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 40.8 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Tuesday. They breezed by the Bulldogs to the tune of 71-30. Given the Jaguars' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 185th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 447th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Stephenson's victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-4. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 26.3 points per game. As for Sequoyah, their win bumped their record up to 6-7.

Sequoyah couldn't quite finish off Stephenson in their previous meeting back in February of 2015 and fell 55-53. Can Sequoyah avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.