The Carvers Bay Bears will be defending their home-court for the first time this season they go up against the Andrews Yellowjackets at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Hopefully Carvers Bay focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 28 on Tuesday.
Carvers Bay is coming home in high spirits after they had to open their season on the road against Waccamaw. Carvers Bay narrowly escaped with a victory as the squad sidled past Waccamaw 41-38.
Carvers Bay's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but D'Essence Graham led the charge by dropping a double-double on 14 points and ten rebounds. What's more, Graham also racked up five offensive rebounds, the most she's had since back in January. Another player making a difference was Kandace Hutchinson, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and 11 rebounds.
Carvers Bay smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 17 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 12 offensive rebounds in 17 consecutive matches dating back to last season.
Meanwhile, Andrews was not able to break out of their rough patch on Wednesday as the team picked up their 17th straight loss dating back to last season. They fell just short of Cane Bay by a score of 42-39.
Despite the defeat, Andrews had strong showings from Camaria Gibson, who went 8 for 19 en route to 21 points plus seven rebounds and six steals, and Makayla Singleton, who almost dropped a double-double on nine points and nine rebounds. That was a full 53.8% of Andrews' points, marking the third time in a row she's posted more than a third of the team's points.
Carvers Bay didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Andrews in their previous matchup back in November of 2021, but they still walked away with a 45-41 win. Does Carvers Bay have another victory up their sleeve, or will Andrews turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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