The Conway Tigers will head out to challenge the Westwood Redhawks at 5:00 p.m. on Monday. Conway has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight defeats, while Westwood will come in with three straight wins.
It was a proper cat-fight when Conway duked it out with Carolina Forest on Thursday. Conway had to suffer through a 58-14 loss at the hands of Carolina Forest. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 163rd, while the Panthers are ranked 23rd).
Despite the loss, Conway had strong showings from Rebecca Hemingway, who posted nine points, and Ahchiya Hill, who had five points and five steals. That was a full 64.3% of Conway's points, marking the third time in a row Hemingway has earned more than a third of the team's points.
Meanwhile, a well-balanced attack led Westwood over Sumter in every quarter on their way to victory on Thursday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Westwood blew Sumter out of the water with a 58-19 final score. The Redhawks pushed the score to 44-15 by the end of the third, a deficit the Gamecocks had little chance of recovering from.
Conway better focus on containing Aneya Britt and Amari Alexander as the pair were huge in Westwood's win. Britt went 6-for-11 en route to 14 points, while Alexander went 6-for-10 to rack up 15 points. Britt is also on a roll when it comes to shooting accuracy, as she's posted one of at least 47% in the last six games she's played. Lyric Rogers was another key player, putting up eight points.
Westwood's victory bumped their record up to 12-14. As for Conway, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-18.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: Conway has been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 29.8 rebounds per game. However, it's not like Westwood struggles in that department as they've been averaging 33.2 boards. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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