Garinger hasn't had much luck against Independence recently, but that could start to change on Friday. After both having extra time off, the two teams will shake off the cobwebs and square off against one another at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Friday, Garinger ended up a good deal behind East Mecklenburg and lost 49-34.
Meanwhile, Independence was not able to break out of their rough patch last Saturday as the team picked up their 13th straight defeat dating back to last season. They were outmatched by Irmo and fell 63-23. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 427th in North Carolina, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 58th in South Carolina).
Garinger's loss dropped their record down to 2-9. As for Independence, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-12.
Garinger took a serious blow against Independence when the teams last played back in February, falling 72-43. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Garinger was down 37-16.
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