The Blythewood Bengals and the West Florence Knights will face off at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday without much rest having both just played. The timing is sure in Blythewood's favor as the squad sits on six straight wins at home while West Florence has been banged up by seven consecutive losses on the road dating back to last season.
If Blythewood beats West Florence with 72 points on Thursday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Blythewood took down Lugoff-Elgin 72-56 on Wednesday.
Meanwhile, West Florence lost to Sumter at home by a 68-49 margin on Wednesday. While losing is never fun, the Knights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 201st, while the Gamecocks are ranked 85th).
Blythewood has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.4 points per game. As for West Florence, their loss dropped their record down to 1-10.
Blythewood was able to grind out a solid win over West Florence when the teams last played back in December of 2019, winning 50-42. Will Blythewood repeat their success, or does West Florence have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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