The Edisto Cougars will head out on the road to face off against the Whale Branch Warriors at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Edisto hasn't scored more than 18 points for five games straight, a trend the squad is eager to reverse.
Edisto is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Hampton County on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Edisto was outmatched by Hampton County and fell 60-12. While losing is never fun, the Cougars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 263rd, while the Hurricanes are ranked 122nd).
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Whale Branch, who bounced back after a loss on the road two weeks ago. They blew past Bridges Prep 47-24 on Tuesday. The Warriors pushed the score to 37-13 by the end of the third, a deficit the Buccaneers cut but never quite recovered from.
Whale Branch's win ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-8. As for Edisto, their loss dropped their record down to 2-11.
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