Whitewater is 1-9 against Fayette County since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Wednesday. The Whitewater Wildcats just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Fayette County Tigers at 7:30 p.m. One thing working in Whitewater's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three matchups.
On Tuesday, Whitewater was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 62-61 to LaGrange. The Wildcats were up 35-19 in the second quarter but couldn't hold on to the lead.
Meanwhile, Fayette County's game on Tuesday was all tied up 36-36 at the half, but luckily for them it didn't stay that way. They came out on top against Trinity Christian by a score of 69-56. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 162nd, while the Lions are ranked 428th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Fayette County is also on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.0 points per game. As for Whitewater, their defeat dropped their record down to 12-12.
Whitewater came up short against Fayette County in their previous matchup last Tuesday, falling 81-71. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fayette County's Jackson Rutley, who went 6 for 10 from beyond the arc on his way to 32 points in addition to six assists and five boards. Now that Whitewater 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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