Blue Ridge is 1-9 against Travelers Rest since January of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Blue Ridge Fighting Tigers will be playing in front of their home fans against the Travelers Rest Devildogs at 7:30 p.m. One thing working in Blue Ridge's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last seven contests.
Even though Chapman scored an imposing 56 points on Friday, Blue Ridge still came out on top. Blue Ridge took their contest against Chapman 68-56. That's two games straight that Blue Ridge has won by exactly 12 points.
Blue Ridge's success was spearheaded by the efforts of Paul Bishop, who scored 20 points along with nine rebounds and five assists, and Nash Somero, who scored 34 points. That makes it three consecutive games in which Somero has scored at least a third of Blue Ridge's points. Another player making a difference was Nicklaus Poole, who scored two points along with nine rebounds.
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Travelers Rest's good fortune finally ran out on Thursday. They took a 59-47 hit to the loss column at the hands of Woodmont. While losing is never fun, Travelers Rest can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 109th, while Woodmont is ranked 29th).
Blue Ridge is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-12 record this season. As for Travelers Rest, their loss dropped their record down to 9-11.
Blue Ridge came up short against Travelers Rest in their previous matchup back in February of 2023, falling 66-57. Will Blue Ridge have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get analysis of the match and other basketball content.
