Basketball Game Preview: Bamberg-Ehrhardt Red Raiders vs. Hardeeville Canes

The Bamberg-Ehrhardt Red Raiders are taking a road trip to face off against the Hardeeville Canes at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Bamberg-Ehrhardt will be strutting in after a victory while Hardeeville will be coming in after a defeat.

Bamberg-Ehrhardt is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Royal Live Oaks Academy: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Bamberg-Ehrhardt blew Royal Live Oaks Academy out of the water with a 56-17 final score. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Red Raiders had established a 30 point advantage.

Bamberg-Ehrhardt found their leader in sophomore Brian Mcmillian, who went 6 of 9 en route to 15 points along with six boards and four steals. Mcmillian is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last five games he's played. Josh Mintz was another key player, putting up six points and five steals.

Bamberg-Ehrhardt smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 16 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive boards in six consecutive contests.

Meanwhile, Hardeeville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 11th straight loss. They lost 70-44 to Denmark-Olar. While losing is never fun, the Canes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 301st, while the Vikings are ranked 111th).

Bamberg-Ehrhardt has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matches, which provided a massive bump to their 7-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.0 points per game. As for Hardeeville, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-11.

Everything came up roses for Bamberg-Ehrhardt against Hardeeville in their previous matchup on January 14th, as the squad secured a 61-28 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Bamberg-Ehrhardt since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.