The GREEN Upstate Owls will head out to square off against the Abbeville Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Monday. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Having struggled with nine losses in a row, GREEN Upstate turned things around against Whitmire on Thursday. They blew past the Wolverines 65-43. The Owls pushed the score to 55-35 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wolverines had little chance of recovering from.
Meanwhile, Abbeville had already won seven in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 41.7 points) and they went ahead and made it eight on Saturday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Blue Flashes 84-47. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 103rd, while the Blue Flashes are ranked 219th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Abbeville pushed their record up to 10-2 with the victory, which was their fourth straight on the road. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 83.5 points per game. As for GREEN Upstate, their win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 6-12.
GREEN Upstate took a serious blow against Abbeville in their previous meeting last Thursday, falling 79-47. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Abbeville's Jaden Baylor, who went 8 for 16 on his way to 18 points in addition to eight rebounds and five assists. Now that GREEN Upstate knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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