The Spartanburg Day Griffins will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against the Blacksburg Wildcats at 2:00 p.m. on Saturday. Spartanburg Day has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with six straight defeats, while Blacksburg will come in with six straight wins.
Spartanburg Day is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Greenville H two weeks ago (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Spartanburg Day came up short against Greenville H, falling 49-27. While losing is never fun, the Griffins can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 217th, while the Hurricanes are ranked 78th).
Meanwhile, everything went Blacksburg's way against Union County on Friday as Blacksburg made off with a 55-32 victory. That 23 point margin sets a new team best for the Wildcats this season.
Spartanburg Day better keep an eye on Essence Rodgers. She was instrumental in Blacksburg's win, putting up 20 points along with six assists and five boards. The matchup was Rodgers' sixth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Paris Mayes, who posted 17 points.
Blacksburg is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.6 points per game. As for Spartanburg Day, their loss dropped their record down to 1-6.
Spartanburg Day might still be hurting after the 60-40 defeat they got from Blacksburg in their previous meeting back in December of 2021. Can Spartanburg Day avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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