The Hart County Bulldogs will head out on the road to face off against the Powdersville Patriots at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Hart County has six straight victories, Powdersville has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Hart County will head into Saturday's game hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Tuesday (they won by 31) and on Saturday they proved they can win the close ones too. They skirted past Elbert County 77-74. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 100th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 287th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Powdersville scored the most points they've had this season on Saturday, but it wasn't enough. They fell just short of North Augusta by a score of 80-77. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Wednesday (65), the Patriots still had to take the loss.
Hart County pushed their record up to 7-1 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. As for Powdersville, their loss dropped their record down to 3-5.
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