The Pierce County Bears will head out on the road to challenge the Appling County Pirates at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Pierce County is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.
Pierce County is likely headed into the match with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against McIntosh County Academy on Saturday. Pierce County fell 47-39 to McIntosh County Academy. While losing is never fun, the Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 486th, while the Buccaneers are ranked 85th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Appling County). Everything went their way against Telfair County on Tuesday as Appling County made off with a 90-68 win. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.
Appling County's win bumped their record up to 6-10. As for Pierce County, their loss dropped their record down to 3-11.
Pierce County beat Appling County 62-49 in their previous meeting back in February of 2024. Does Pierce County have another victory up their sleeve, or will Appling County turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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