South Delta and O'Bannon are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2019, but not for long. The South Delta Bulldogs will host the O'Bannon Greenwaves at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Hopefully South Delta focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up ten on Friday.
Last Friday, South Delta was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 69-64 to O'Bannon. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (63), the Bulldogs still had to take the loss.
O'Bannon had a senior duo take command as Chandler Wade went 9 for 19 en route to 25 points plus six rebounds and Lou Sanders almost dropped a double-double on 17 points and nine rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Wade has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Quindarrius Reed, who posted four points along with 16 rebounds.
O'Bannon smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 14 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least 13 offensive rebounds in four consecutive matches.
O'Bannon's victory ended a nine-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 3-1. As for South Delta, their loss ended an eight-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 1-2.
Rebounding is likely to be a big factor in this contest: South Delta has been smashing the glass this season, having averaged 24 rebounds per game. However, it's not like O'Bannon struggles in that department as they've been averaging 41. With both teams battling to corral missed shots, we'll see if one team can grab an edge Check MaxPreps after the match for a full breakdown of the game, commentary, and other basketball content.
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