Basketball Preview: Fairfield Central Griffins vs. Camden Bulldogs
The Fairfield Central Griffins will look to take advantage of their home-court for the first time this season as they take on the Camden Bulldogs at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Fairfield Central is headed into the game having just posted their biggest victory since January 19th on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Swansea as Fairfield Central made off with a 46-22 win.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Camden, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Saturday. They claimed a resounding 76-39 victory over Chapin. With the Bulldogs ahead 41-12 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
Camden found their leader in sophomore Braylin Mungo, who almost dropped a double-double on 21 points and nine steals. The dominant performance also gave Mungo a new career-high in threes (three). Another player making a difference was Morgan Champion, who went 6 for 14 en route to 15 points plus seven assists and four steals.
Camden was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. They easily outclassed their opponents in that department as Chapin only racked up five.
Camden pushed their record up to 2-1 with the win, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 55.1 points. As for Fairfield Central, their victory (their first of the season) made their record 1-2.
Fairfield Central was dealt a bruising 55-24 defeat at the hands of Camden in their previous matchup back in February of 2020. Thankfully for Fairfield Central, Joyce Edwards (who dropped a double-double on 23 points and 11 rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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