Preview: Dyer County Choctaws vs. Millington Central Trojans
The Dyer County Choctaws will head out on the road to face off against the Millington Central Trojans at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Dyer County knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with flashy point totals in its past five matches -- so hopefully Millington Central likes a good challenge.
Union City typically have all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Dyer County proved too difficult a challenge. Dyer County managed a 65-60 victory over Union City. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Meanwhile, Millington Central really took it to Tipton-Rosemark Academy for the full four quarters, racking up a 65-37 win at home.
Millington Central can attribute much of their success to Aiden Maclin, who scored 22 points along with 8 rebounds, and Brandon Payne, who scored 21 points. That makes it two consecutive games in which Payne has scored at least 25% of Millington Central's points. Andre Tyler was another key contributor, scoring 4 points along with 5 assists and 3 steals.
Their wins bumped Dyer County to 5-0 and Union City to 6-1.
Dyer County strolled past Millington Central in their previous matchup on Friday by a score of 91-73. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Millington Central's Payne, who went 6 for 10 from beyond the arc en route to 25 points and 2 assists. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Dyer County still be able to contain him? There's only one way to find out.
