The Midland Valley Mustangs will face off against the Aiken Fighting Green Hornets at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Midland Valley has five straight wins, Aiken has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Midland Valley is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Gilbert, posting a 79-47 victory. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 81st, while the Indians are ranked 240th), the result on Thursday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Aiken didn't have quite enough to beat Brookland-Cayce on Thursday and fell 51-49.
Midland Valley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.1 points per game. As for Aiken, they now have a losing record at 7-8.
Midland Valley lost to Aiken at home by a decisive 78-61 margin in their previous meeting back in January of 2024. Can Midland Valley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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