The Shaw Raiders just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Kendrick Cherokees at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Shaw and 20 for Kendrick dating back to last season.
Shaw is headed into the game out to prove that what happened against Sumter County on Monday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Shaw was dealt a 65-35 loss at the hands of Sumter County. While losing is never fun, the Raiders can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 353rd, while the Panthers are ranked 123rd).
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 87-10, which was the final score in Kendrick's tilt against Spencer on Saturday. The Cherokees were down 70-9 at the end of the third quarter, and things only got worse from there.
Shaw's defeat dropped their record down to 7-16. As for Kendrick, their loss dropped their record down to 0-18.
Everything came up roses for Shaw against Kendrick when the teams last played back in January, as the team secured a 56-12 win. In that contest, Shaw amassed a halftime lead of 33-5, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.
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