The Tift County Blue Devils will head out to challenge the Richmond Hill Wildcats at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Tift County has six straight victories, Richmond Hill has four straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Tift County can't be too worried about heading out to take on Richmond Hill: they just beat Colquitt County at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Tift County narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Colquitt County 48-46. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Blue Devils have posted since December 13, 2024.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Tift County to victory, but perhaps none more so than Kaden Lawson, who almost dropped a double-double on 13 points and nine boards. Lawson is trending in the right direction considering he's improved his point production for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Cordell Nelson, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 11 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Richmond Hill came up short against Camden County on Tuesday and fell 50-38.
Richmond Hill's loss dropped their record down to 7-12. As for Tift County, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season.
Tift County took their win against Richmond Hill when the teams last played on January 11th by a conclusive 55-34. The rematch might be a little tougher for Tift County since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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