Belton-Honea Path is 2-8 against West-Oak since February of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Belton-Honea Path Bears will head out to face off against the West-Oak Warriors 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'.
On Tuesday, Belton-Honea Path took a blow against Walhalla, falling 79-18. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 187th, while the Razorbacks are ranked 28th).
Meanwhile, West-Oak ended up a good deal behind Walhalla on Friday and lost 65-49.
Belton-Honea Path will have to contain Reagan Mobley as she made an impact in West-Oak's last game. She dropped a double-double with 14 points and 11 boards. Mobley has been hot, having also posted three or more steals the last seven times she's played. Another player making a difference was Emma Simpson, who almost dropped a double-double with 11 points and nine rebounds.
Even though they lost, West-Oak smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in 14 consecutive contests.
West-Oak's loss dropped their record down to 15-7. As for Belton-Honea Path, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-15.
Belton-Honea Path was taken down by West-Oak 73-27 in their previous meeting two weeks ago. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Mobley, who went 9 for 15 on her way to 23 points along with seven assists and seven boards. Now that Belton-Honea Path knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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