Douglass is 2-8 against Cedar Grove since February of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Douglass Astros will venture away from home to take on the Cedar Grove Saints at 7:30 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Tuesday, everything went Douglass' way against Mt. Zion as Douglass made off with a 73-48 victory. Given the Astros' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 63rd, while the Bulldogs are ranked 474th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Cedar Grove had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31.9 points) and they went ahead and made it 11 on Tuesday. They claimed a resounding 83-51 win over the Eagles.
Cedar Grove's victory was their seventh straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-3. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.4 points per game. As for Douglass, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 14-5.
Douglass came up short against Cedar Grove in their previous matchup on January 14th, falling 59-51. Can Douglass avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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