The Coffee Trojans and the Lee County Trojans will face off at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Coffee has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with five straight losses, while Lee County will come in with seven straight wins.
Coffee is likely headed into the game with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Houston County on Friday. Coffee fell 53-46 to Houston County. While losing is never fun, the Trojans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 404th, while the Bears are ranked 33rd).
Meanwhile, Lee County got the win against Veterans on Friday by a conclusive 80-58. The Trojans have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight contests by 22 points or more this season.
Lee County pushed their record up to 19-5 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.7 points over those games. As for Coffee, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-20.
Coffee was dealt a bruising 74-36 loss at the hands of Lee County in their previous meeting back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Lee County's Matthew Hardwick, who went 9 of 11 on his way to 19 points and four steals. Now that Coffee knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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