Blythewood won against Spring Valley last Monday with 72 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Wednesday. The Blythewood Bengals took down the Lugoff-Elgin Demons 72-56. Given the Bengals' advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 12th, while the Demons are ranked 62nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lugoff-Elgin lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Braylen Mumford, who posted 12 points in addition to six assists and five steals. Mumford has been hot, having posted two or more steals the last five times he's played. Another player making a difference was Reggie Brown, who went 6 of 9 en route to 12 points.
Blythewood has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.4 points per game. As for Lugoff-Elgin, their loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 10-5.
Both teams are looking forward to the support of their home crowds in their upcoming games. Blythewood and West Florence will face off at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday without much rest having both just played. The timing is sure in Blythewood's favor as the squad sits on six straight wins at home while West Florence has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road. As for Lugoff-Elgin, they will challenge Westwood at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday.
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