The Coffee Trojans waltzed into their contest on Saturday with two straight wins but they left with three. They secured a 71-65 W over Jenkins. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Coffee had a senior duo take command as Marquavious Bussey scored 27 points along with five rebounds and four steals and Junitho Benson scored 17 points along with eight rebounds. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Bussey has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jy'darius Odums, who scored six points along with seven assists and two steals.
Coffee's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 9-10. As for Jenkins, they are on a four-game losing streak that has dropped them down to 8-10.
Coffee will head out on the road to challenge Statesboro at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Statesboro presents a significant challenge as they come into the match much higher ranked than Coffee in Georgia (Statesboro is ranked 62nd, while Coffee is ranked 284th). As for Jenkins, Jenkins and Richmond Hill will face off at 7:30 p.m. on January 23rd without much rest after finishing up games yesterday.
