Two dominant guards in Tony Montgomery and Robert Spaulding iv are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Carver Tigers will be staying on the road on Saturday to face off against the Savannah Country Day Hornets at 5:00 p.m. on February 24th. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Carver had already proven themselves in the regular season, and didn't miss a beat now that it's playoff time. They came out on top against Academy of Richmond County by a score of 67-54 on Wednesday. Carver pushed the score to 51-30 by the end of the third, a deficit Academy of Richmond County cut but never quite recovered from.
It was another big night for Jakobe Caslin, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 15 rebounds. He hasn't dropped below 16 points for four straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Montgomery, who scored 17 points along with five rebounds and three steals.
Meanwhile, Savannah Country Day came tearing into Wednesday's game with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7 points) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 58-45 victory over Mary Persons. Given Savannah Country Day's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 205th, while Mary Persons is ranked 503rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Carver is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four matchups, which somehow isn't as good as their 22-5 record this season. As for Savannah Country Day, the win got them back to even at 15-15.
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