Basketball Game Preview: Charlton County Indians vs. Irwin County Indians

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Charlton County has gone 9-1 against Irwin County recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Charlton County Indians will head out on the road to square off against the Irwin County Indians at 6:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Charlton County has nine straight victories, Irwin County has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Charlton County will bounce into Friday's match after beating Turner County, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Charlton County walked away with a 67-60 win over Turner County on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, Irwin County ended up a good deal behind Brooks County on Wednesday and lost 60-46. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 316th, while the Trojans are ranked 125th).

Charlton County will need focus on slowing down Aaliyah Austin, one of several Irwin County players who made an impact when they last played. She dropped a double-double on 21 points and 15 rebounds. That was a full 45.7% of Irwin County's points, marking the ninth time in a row she's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ziyah Robinson, who had six points along with eight boards and three blocks.

Even though they lost, Irwin County smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 20 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 12 offensive rebounds in 14 consecutive games.

Charlton County is on a roll lately: they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.3 points per game. As for Irwin County, their loss dropped their record down to 9-13.

Charlton County didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Irwin County in their previous matchup back in January, but they still walked away with a 62-56 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Austin, who almost dropped a double-double on 27 points and nine rebounds. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Charlton County still be able to contain Austin? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.