The Valdosta Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Camden County Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Valdosta will be looking to extend their current eight-game winning streak.
Valdosta barely beat Lowndes the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. Valdosta put the hurt on Lowndes with a sharp 63-40 win on Wednesday. Valdosta pushed the score to 55-31 by the end of the third, a deficit Lowndes cut but never quite recovered from.
It was another big night for Israel Jenrette, who dropped a double-double on 18 points and 13 rebounds. He has been hot recently, having posted two or more blocks the last nine times he's played. Eric Love was another key contributor, scoring 13 points along with two steals.
Meanwhile, Camden County put the finishing touches on their tenth blowout victory of the season on Wednesday. They blew past Colquitt County 67-46. Given Camden County's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 66th, while Colquitt County is ranked 377th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Camden County got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Elyiss Williams out in front who scored 24 points along with eight rebounds and six assists. Williams also grabbed two steals for the first time this season. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaleb Murray, who scored 16 points along with eight assists and five rebounds.
Valdosta has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 21-5 record this season. As for Camden County, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 20-6.
Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest scoring teams in the league. Valdosta hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 59 points per game. However, it's not like Camden County struggles in that department as they've been averaging 63.7 points per game. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can run the score up higher.
Valdosta came out on top in a nail-biter against Camden County in their previous meeting two weeks ago, sneaking past 47-45. Will Valdosta repeat their success, or does Camden County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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