Basketball Recap: Rodney Beckworth's Big Game Can't Quite Lead Screven County over Burke County

Screven County's game on Saturday was all tied up 35-35 at the half, but sadly for them it didn't stay that way. They fell just short of the Burke County Bears by a score of 77-74. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (73), the Gamecocks still had to take the loss.

Screven County's loss came despite a true team effort from the offense, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Rodney Beckworth, who went 6 of 8 en route to 13 points. Beckworth has been hot recently, having also posted two or more blocks the last four times he's played. Another player making a difference was LeVez Roper, who posted 23 points and five rebounds.

Even though they lost, Screven County smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in three consecutive games.

La'Quinton Morgan was his usual excellent self, going 11 for 19 on his way to 31 points along with eight assists and six boards for Burke County. Burke County is undefeated when Morgan posts 20 or more points, but 1-2 otherwise. The team also got some help courtesy of De'Quayvian Lovette, who put up 15 points and five rebounds.

Screven County's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 7-8. As for Burke County, they pushed their record up to 11-2 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home dating back to last season.

Screven County has already played their next matchup (against Emanuel County Institute), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Burke County will take on Laney at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Burke County's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last seven contests.