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| 11/05/24 - Away | 42-49 L |
| 12/19/23 - Away | 60-36 W |
| 11/07/23 - Away | 60-40 W |
| 12/20/22 - Home | 79-68 W |
| 12/14/21 - Home | 82-58 W |
| + 5 more games |
Greenwood has gone 8-2 against Greenville recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Thursday. The Greenwood Bulldogs will welcome the Greenville Hornets at 7:00 p.m. Greenwood is coming into the game hot, having won their last four games.
Last Tuesday, Greenwood narrowly escaped with a win as the team sidled past Holmes County Central 49-47. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Bulldogs' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 118th, while the Jaguars are ranked 32nd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Greenville). They put the hurt on Humphreys County with a sharp 81-60 win on Tuesday. While the Hornets didn't have the best season last year (they finished 6-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Greenville found their leader in freshman Kolbie Williams, who went 7 for 12from beyond the arc on his way to 29 points. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Williams has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of De'Marion Gibson, who went 8 of 19 en route to 16 points along with six assists and five steals.
Greenville is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 9-2 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.2 points per game. As for Greenwood, their victory bumped their record up to 8-5.
Greenwood came up short against Greenville in their previous meeting back in November, falling 49-42. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Gibson, who went 7 of 15 on his way to 23 points. Now that Greenwood knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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