Garner has won 21 straight games at home (dating back to last season), while Clayton has won 21 straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Friday. The Garner Trojans will welcome the Clayton Comets at 7:00 p.m. The two teams each escaped (but just barely!) with wins against their previous opponents.
Garner proved they can win big on Monday (they won by 34) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Southeast Raleigh 49-46. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 16th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 134th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Clayton had just enough and edged South Garner out 60-57 on Tuesday. The win continues a trend for the Comets in their matchups with the Titans: they've now won six in a row.
Garner has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 16 of their last 17 games, which provided a nice bump to their 23-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.4 points over those games. As for Clayton, their victory bumped their record up to 18-8.
Garner didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Clayton in their previous matchup back in January, but they still walked away with a 57-52 win. Will Garner repeat their success, or does Clayton have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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