Wagener-Salley is 0-10 against Calhoun County since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Wagener-Salley War Eagles on the road again and play against the Calhoun County Saints at 6:00 p.m. on January 23rd. Wagener-Salley comes in on a streak of failing to score more than 24 points in their last three games, a trend the squad is of course eager to reverse.
Wagener-Salley suffered their biggest loss yet this season on Tuesday. They were outmatched by Denmark-Olar on the road and fell 64-8. While losing is never fun, Wagener-Salley can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 271st, while Denmark-Olar is ranked 54th).
Meanwhile, Calhoun County had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5 points), and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They snuck past North with a 50-45 victory.
Calhoun County can attribute much of their success to Cassidy Pough, who dropped a double-double on ten points and 13 rebounds, and Raniya Tyler, who scored 16 points along with four steals. Tyler continues to roll, besting her previous point total in each of the last three games she's played. Another player making a difference was Destiny Andrade, who scored seven points along with two blocks.
Wagener-Salley bumped their record down to 2-11 with that loss, which was their seventh straight on the road. Those losses could be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they only averaged 14.1 points per game. As for Calhoun County, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a nice bump to their 7-4 record this season.
Wagener-Salley took a serious blow against Calhoun County when the teams last played back in December of 2023, falling 49-13. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Pough, who almost dropped a triple-double on 20 points, nine rebounds, and 12 steals. Now that Wagener-Salley knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
