The St. Vincent's Saints will square off against the Wayne County Yellow Jackets at 4:00 p.m. on Friday.
St. Vincent's is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Burke just ended the team's three-game winning streak last Saturday. They took a 56-44 hit to the loss column at the hands of the Bulldogs. While losing is never fun, the Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 254th in Georgia, while the Bulldogs are ranked 83rd in South Carolina).
Meanwhile, Wayne County had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.9 points) and they went ahead and made it eight on Saturday. They came out on top against the Blue Devils by a score of 40-29.
Wayne County pushed their record up to 8-4 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 23.8 points per game. As for St. Vincent's, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-3.
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