Chester and Clinton are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2015, but not for long. The Chester Cyclones will challenge the Clinton Red Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Chester is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Mid-Carolina: they outscored them in every quarter. Everything went Chester's way against Mid-Carolina on Tuesday as Chester made off with a 69-43 victory. That 26 point margin sets a new team best for the Cyclones this season.
Meanwhile, Clinton came up short against Laurens on Wednesday and fell 69-57. While losing is never fun, the Red Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 136th, while the Raiders are ranked 30th).
Clinton's defeat dropped their record down to 7-5. As for Chester, their win bumped their record up to 4-6.
Chester suffered a grim 79-55 defeat to Clinton in their previous matchup back in February of 2024. Can Chester avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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