Oglethorpe County was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their seventh straight loss dating back to last season. They had to suffer through a 71-39 loss at the hands of the Rabun County Wildcats. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 371st, while the Wildcats are ranked 49th).
Huey Blalock continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Rabun County, going 9 of 14 en route to 28 points along with seven steals and five boards. Those seven steals gave Blalock a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Reed Burrell, who posted 11 points along with eight rebounds and six assists.
Oglethorpe County's defeat dropped their record down to 0-6. As for Rabun County, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 7-2.
Oglethorpe County and Monroe Area will compete for holiday cheer at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Oglethorpe County is facing Monroe Area at the right time seeing as Monroe Area is stuck on a five-game losing streak. As for Rabun County, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next game, a 65-54 win against Lumpkin County on the 14th.
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