The Brunswick Pirates and the Effingham County Rebels are set to duel on Tuesday. Brunswick will be coming into the match with an undefeated record on the line.
On Friday, Brunswick needed a bit of extra time to put away McIntosh County Academy. They snuck past the Buccaneers with a 60-54 victory. While the Pirates didn't have the best season last year (they finished 13-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Heze Kent was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 24 points and ten rebounds. He has been hot recently, having posted ten or more rebounds the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was Joshua Daniel, who had ten points along with five rebounds.
Meanwhile, Effingham County scored the most points they've had all season on Saturday, but it wasn't enough. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 63-62 to South Effingham. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (60), the Rebels still had to take the loss.
Brunswick pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their seventh straight at home dating back to last season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 73.7 points per game. As for Effingham County, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-2.
Everything went Brunswick's way against Effingham County in their previous meeting back in February, as Brunswick made off with a 64-41 victory. Does Brunswick have another victory up their sleeve, or will Effingham County turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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