Basketball Recap: Brookland-Cayce Proves Higher State Rank Is No Mistake

Brookland-Cayce won the last time they faced Aiken and things went their way on Tuesday too. The Brookland-Cayce Bearcats secured a 58-53 W over the Aiken Fighting Green Hornets. Given the Bearcats' advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 22nd, while the Fighting Green Hornets are ranked 120th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Aiken's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Julian Graham, who posted 12 points and six steals. Those six steals gave Graham a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Tre'Von Walker, who went 5 of 12 en route to 13 points and three steals.

Brookland-Cayce is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.6 points per game. As for Aiken, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-12.

Brookland-Cayce will face off against Gilbert at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Brookland-Cayce is facing Gilbert at the right time seeing as Gilbert is stuck on a four-game losing streak. As for Aiken, they will be playing in front of their home fans against Midland Valley at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Aiken is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 59.2 points per game this season.