The Guilford Park Panther will take on the Carver Vo-Tech Bears at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Guilford Park has struggled recently with five defeats in a row, while Carver Vo-Tech will arrive with four straight wins.
Guilford Park is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a 65-55 hit to the loss column at the hands of Centennial on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Panther can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Maryland basketball rankings (they are ranked 263rd, while the Eagles are ranked 104th).
Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Carver Vo-Tech against Coppin Academy on Thursday as the team secured a 72-20 victory. The Bears have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four matches by 24 points or more this season.
Guilford Park better focus on containing Tyjuan Savage and David Ross as the pair were huge in Carver Vo-Tech's win. Savage posted ten points along with five rebounds and five steals, while Ross almost dropped a double-double on 15 points and nine boards. Savage is becoming a predictor of Carver Vo-Tech's success: when he posts at least five steals the team is 6-1 (and 2-3 when he doesn't). Another player making a difference was Kaiden Matthews, who earned seven points and four steals.
Carver Vo-Tech smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 20 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in 12 consecutive contests.
Carver Vo-Tech is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.0 points per game. As for Guilford Park, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.
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