Jasper County is on a four-game streak of home wins, while Greenforest is on a nine-game streak of away wins (dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Jasper County Hurricanes will welcome the Greenforest Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Saturday.
Jasper County is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Putnam County just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Friday. They lost 73-50 to the War Eagles. While losing is never fun, the Hurricanes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 310th, while the War Eagles are ranked 50th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Greenforest). They blew past W D Mohammed, posting an 88-38 win. The Eagles have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine contests by 21 points or more this season.
Jasper County better focus on containing Bryce Irby and Kyree Taylor as the pair were huge in Greenforest's win. Irby went 10 for 14 on his way to 25 points, while Taylor went 5 of 8 en route to 17 points. Those 25 points gave Irby a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Kevin Harper, who posted nine points.
Greenforest is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.9 points per game. As for Jasper County, their loss dropped their record down to 11-11.
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