Basketball Game Preview: River Bluff Gators vs. White Knoll Timberwolves

The River Bluff Gators will square off against the White Knoll Timberwolves at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. River Bluff has now lost seven straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since the fourth.

River Bluff came up short against Dutch Fork on Tuesday, falling 54-28. While losing is never fun, the Gators can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 100th, while the Silver Foxes are ranked fifth).

Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely White Knoll's strategy against Chapin on Saturday. White Knoll came out on top against Chapin by a score of 50-37. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Timberwolves.

White Knoll's win came from a few key players River Bluff will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Shaelyn Hayes, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 11 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave her a new career-high in blocks (two). Emory Waters-Inman was another key player, dropping a double-double on 16 points and ten boards.

White Knoll smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 14 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive boards in five consecutive matches.

River Bluff's defeat dropped their record down to 8-12. As for White Knoll, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 14 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season.

River Bluff took a serious blow against White Knoll in their previous matchup on January 9th, falling 61-18. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point River Bluff was down 26-6.