South Carolina School for the Deaf & Blind is 0-10 against the Wolverines since January of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The South Carolina School for the Deaf & Blind Hornets are on the road again and plays the Whitmire Wolverines at 6:00 p.m. on February 7th. South Carolina School for the Deaf & Blind will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps South Carolina Rankings (they are ranked 625th, while the Wolverines are ranked 291st).
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 55-23, which was the final score in South Carolina School for the Deaf & Blind's tilt against the Hornets on Monday. The defeat unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for South Carolina School for the Deaf & Blind in their matchups with the Hornets: they've now lost nine in a row.
Meanwhile, Whitmire had to endure a four-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They came out on top against Thornwell by a score of 27-19 on Monday. The win was just what Whitmire needed coming off of a 48-16 loss in their prior contest.
Brooklynn Babb and Trystan Samples were among the main playmakers for Whitmire as the former scored seven points along with four steals and the latter scored seven points along with six rebounds and five blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of Alleigh Corley, who scored five points.
South Carolina School for the Deaf & Blind's defeat was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which dropped their record down to 0-9. Those losses could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 19.0 points per game. As for Whitmire, their win ended a nine-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-17.
South Carolina School for the Deaf & Blind suffered a grim 38-15 defeat to the Wolverines when the teams last played back in January. Can South Carolina School for the Deaf & Blind avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
