The Myrtle Beach Seahawks will look to take advantage of their home court for the first time this season as they take on the Carvers Bay Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Having struggled with six defeats in a row dating back to last season, Myrtle Beach turned things around against Georgetown on Friday. They put the hurt on the Bulldogs with a sharp 53-31 win. For those keeping track at home, that's the biggest victory the Seahawks have posted since January 3rd.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Carvers Bay). They really took it to Georgetown for the full four quarters, racking up a 55-28 win. The match was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Bears had established a 22 point advantage.
Carvers Bay pushed their record up to 4-1 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 24.1 points per game. As for Myrtle Beach, their win ended a six-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 1-1.
Myrtle Beach was able to grind out a solid victory over Carvers Bay in their previous matchup back in December of 2019, winning 32-23. Will Myrtle Beach repeat their success, or does Carvers Bay have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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