The Crawford County Eagles will challenge the Central Hawks at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Crawford County has given up an average of 57.8 points per game this season, but Saturday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
On Tuesday, Crawford County came up short against Taylor County and fell 64-56. The Eagles haven't had much luck with the Vikings recently, as the team has come up short the last seven times they've met.
Meanwhile, Central played a tough contest on Friday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They had to suffer through a 72-43 loss at the hands of Chattahoochee County. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 474th, while the Panthers are ranked 105th).
Despite the defeat, Central saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Michael Bussey almost dropped a double-double with ten points and nine rebounds.
Central's loss dropped their record down to 7-12. As for Crawford County, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-17.
Crawford County couldn't quite finish off Central in their previous matchup last Tuesday and fell 53-51. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Hawks' Brannon Bussey, who posted 22 points. Now that the Eagles know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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