Basketball Game Preview: Columbia Capitals vs. C.A. Johnson Hornets

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Previous Games

01/03/24 - Away	69-53 W
11/28/23 - Home	65-60 W
12/16/22 - Home	51-39 W
11/29/22 - Away	60-50 W
12/14/21 - Home	34-60 L
+ 4 more games

Columbia is 7-2 against C.A. Johnson since January of 2019 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Columbia Capitals will host the C.A. Johnson Hornets at 7:30 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Last Tuesday, Columbia came up short against Richland Northeast and fell 45-36. The matchup marked the Capitals' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.

Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, C.A. Johnson's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They took a 54-44 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lewisville.

Columbia will need focus on slowing down Tony Odom, one of several C.A. Johnson players who made an impact when they last played. He went 8 of 17 on his way to 22 points and six rebounds. That was a full 50% of C.A. Johnson's points, marking the third time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Milton McCray, who went 5 of 12 on his way to 15 points in addition to five rebounds and three blocks.

C.A. Johnson now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Columbia, they now have a losing record at 2-3.

Columbia strolled past C.A. Johnson when the teams last played back in January by a score of 69-53. Does Columbia have another victory up their sleeve, or will C.A. Johnson turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.