The Baptist Hill Bobcats and the Airport Eagles will round out the year against one another at at 4:30 p.m. on Friday. Baptist Hill is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.7 points per game this season.
Last Friday, Baptist Hill lost to Burke at home by a 75-60 margin. The loss continues a trend for the Bobcats in their matchups with the Bulldogs: they've now lost five in a row.
12/20/24 vs Burke | 21 |
12/17/24 vs Hardeeville | 19 |
12/14/24 vs St. John's | 16 |
12/06/24 @ Burke | 16 |
12/09/24 @ Ridgeland | 13 |
Despite the defeat, Baptist Hill got top-tier performance from Martrell Wright, who went 8 for 13 on his way to 21 points in addition to seven rebounds and five steals. Those 21 points gave Wright a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Darnell Gadsden, who posted 12 points.
Meanwhile, Airport was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their sixth straight loss. They took a hard 66-52 fall against South Aiken. While the Eagles didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Thoroughbreds 13-9 in the first quarter.
Airport's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Baptist Hill, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 4-6.
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