Thomas County Central is 0-10 against Veterans since January of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Thomas County Central Yellow Jackets will take on the Veterans Warhawks at 4:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Thomas County Central comes in on four and Veterans on 11.
Even though Northside scored an imposing 61 points on Tuesday, Thomas County Central still came out on top. Thomas County Central snuck past Northside with a 65-61 victory. Given Thomas County Central's advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 69th, while Northside is ranked 278th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Thomas County Central got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Tia Floyd out in front who scored 28 points along with five rebounds and three steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Travesha Giddens, who scored 14 points along with eight rebounds and two steals.
Meanwhile, Veterans stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard last Tuesday. They claimed a resounding 60-29 victory over Lee County on the road. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point Veterans had established a 22 point advantage.
Thomas County Central's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-6. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.3 points per game. As for Veterans, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 14 of their last 15 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 20-5 record this season.
Thomas County Central came up short against Veterans in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 45-33. Can Thomas County Central avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
