The Catawba Ridge Copperheads and the Fort Mill Yellow Jackets will face off at 6:30 p.m. on Friday without much rest having both just played. Catawba Ridge has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with three straight losses, while Fort Mill will come in with four straight wins.
On Thursday, Catawba Ridge took a blow against Clover, falling 63-23. While losing is never fun, the Copperheads can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 126th, while the Blue Eagles are ranked 15th).
Meanwhile, Fort Mill escaped with a win on Thursday against Nation Ford by the margin of a single free throw, 45-44.
Fort Mill has also been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matches, which provided a nice bump to their 11-7 record this season. As for Catawba Ridge, their defeat dropped their record down to 7-11.
Catawba Ridge suffered a grim 55-34 defeat to Fort Mill in their previous matchup back in December of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Fort Mill's Izzie Barber, who went 6 of 10 on her way to 17 points and three steals. Now that Catawba Ridge knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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