The Osborne Cardinals will take on the Paulding County Patriots at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Osborne has now lost 13 straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since December 20.
Osborne is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against McEachern on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Osborne had to suffer through a 87-58 loss at the hands of McEachern. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (57), the Cardinals still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Paulding County, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They were the clear victor by an 80-58 margin over Campbell on Tuesday. That looming 80-58 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Patriots yet this season.
Osborne's loss dropped their record down to 3-20. As for Paulding County, the victory snapped their losing streak at three games and leaves them with a 13-11 record.
Osborne came up short against Paulding County when the teams last played two weeks ago, falling 59-53. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Paulding County's Jerron Wilson, who went 9 for 22 en route to 24 points in addition to five assists and five rebounds. Now that Osborne knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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