Wheeler County has enjoyed the comforts of home their last two games, but now they'll head out on the road. They will take on the Dublin Fighting Irish at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Wheeler County will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Georgia Rankings (they are ranked 496th, while Dublin is ranked 138th).
Last Friday, Wheeler County came up short against Bacon County and fell 38-31.
After soaring to a 29-point win in their last game, Dublin came back down to earth on Saturday. They fell just short of Washington County by a score of 51-49. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest defeat Dublin has suffered yet this season.
Wheeler County's loss was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season, which bumped their record down to 0-11. Those losses could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 27.3 points per game. As for Dublin, their loss dropped their record down to 13-4.
Wheeler County suffered a grim 51-25 defeat to Dublin when the teams last played back in December of 2023. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Dublin's Nahallie Turnley, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 11 rebounds. Now that Wheeler County knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
