After both having extra time off, the Carver Tigers and the Harris County Tigers will shake off the cobwebs and challenge one another at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Carver will be strutting in after a victory while Harris County will be coming in after a loss.
Carver is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Creekside Christian Academy: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Carver blew Creekside Christian Academy out of the water with an 87-31 final score. The contest was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 42-16.
Carver's win back in November was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Tobiaz Tolbert, who went 8 for 10 en route to 17 points plus eight rebounds and seven blocks. Tolbert is on a roll when it comes to blocks, as he's now posted two or more in the last six games he's played dating back to last season. Another player making a difference was Quadril Truesdale, who went 5 for 7 en route to 13 points plus eight assists and three steals.
Carver was working as a unit and finished the game with 25 assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.
Meanwhile, Harris County was not able to break out of their rough patch two weeks ago as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat dating back to last season. They lost 76-53 to Central. The match was a close 32-31 at the break, but unfortunately for the Tigers it sure didn't stay that way.
Harris County's loss dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Carver, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 2-0.
Everything came up roses for Carver against Harris County when the teams last played back in December of 2023, as the team secured an 83-42 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Carver since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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