Pickens County is 1-9 against Berry since February of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. Both teams will face off at 5:00 p.m. on January 26th without much rest after finishing up games yesterday. Pickens County is hoping to put an end to a nine-game streak of away losses.
Last Wednesday, Pickens County was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 54-53 to South Lamar.
Berry fell on hard times earlier this season, but after back-to-back victories it seems like their luck might finally be changing. They managed a 43-39 win over Oak Grove on Tuesday.
Rylee Hill and Maggie Mauldin were among the main playmakers for Berry as the former dropped a double-double on 12 points and ten rebounds and the latter dropped a double-double on 19 points and 12 rebounds. That makes it eight consecutive games in which Mauldin has scored at least a third of Berry's points. Another player making a difference was Sydney Rice, who scored three points along with ten rebounds.
Pickens County's defeat dropped their record down to 1-9. As for Berry, their win bumped their record up to 3-12.
Things could have been worse for Pickens County, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 37-21 loss to Berry in their previous matchup on January 8th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mauldin, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 14 rebounds. Now that Pickens County knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
