The Deep Creek Hornets will face off against the Washington County Panthers at 4:30 p.m. on Monday. Deep Creek is coming into the contest on a six-game losing streak.
Deep Creek lost 78-57 to First Colonial on Friday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (56), the Hornets still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Washington County, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They skirted past Bertie 52-50. The 52-point effort marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
The match pitted two dominant guards against one another in Brandon Carter Jr. and Zymiere Dempsey. Carter Jr. had a great game on Friday and went 6 for 13 en route to 13 points along with six assists and six rebounds. Meanwhile, Dempsey was balling out in the loss, dropping a double-double on 24 points and 14 boards.
Washington County pushed their record up to 9-1 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. As for Deep Creek, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-9.
Deep Creek and Washington County were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in January of 2019, but Deep Creek came up empty-handed after a 48-47 loss. Can Deep Creek avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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