Two dominant guards in Chabria Tate and Kyjana Jordan are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Evans Knights will take on the Effingham County Rebels at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Evans has six straight victories, Effingham County has 14 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Evans will bounce into Thursday's game after beating Greenbrier, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Evans came out on top against Greenbrier by a score of 43-34 on Tuesday. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 76th, while the Wolfpack are ranked 275th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Effingham County came up short against Lakeside on Tuesday and fell 42-35.
Effingham County's loss dropped their record down to 1-15. As for Evans, they pushed their record up to 19-2 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season.
Everything went Evans' way against Effingham County in their previous meeting two weeks ago, as Evans made off with a 55-35 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Evans since the team 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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