The Southside Christian Sabres will head out on the road to take on the Powdersville Patriots at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Southside Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56.2 points per game this season.
On Friday, Southside Christian needed a bit of extra time to put away Greenville Tech Charter. They managed a 39-34 win over the Warriors. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Sabres.
Southside Christian can attribute much of their success to Ned Murphy, who almost dropped a double-double on 12 points and nine rebounds. Another player making a difference was Owen Smith, who posted nine points.
Meanwhile, Powdersville hadn't done well against Greer recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Powdersville snuck past Greer with a 67-61 victory.
Powdersville's win came from a few key players Southside Christian will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Jaleel McGee, who almost dropped a double-double on 14 points and nine rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Von Burton, who went 8 of 11 on his way to 18 points and five rebounds.
Powdersville has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 7-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.3 points per game. As for Southside Christian, their win bumped their record up to 8-5.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as Southside Christian and Powdersville are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Southside Christian hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 56.2 points per game. However, it's not like Powdersville struggles in that department as they've been averaging 67.3 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.
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