The Pope Greyhounds will square off against the River Ridge Knights at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Pope sitting on five straight victories and River Ridge on 19.
On Tuesday, Pope earned a 64-55 win over Woodstock. Given the Greyhounds' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 24th, while the Wolverines are ranked 143rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely River Ridge's strategy against Riverwood on Tuesday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that River Ridge blew Riverwood out of the water with a 73-12 final score. The Knights have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 contests by 21 points or more this season.
Pope is also on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 17 games, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.1 points per game. As for River Ridge, their victory was their 19th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 22-1.
Pope was taken down by River Ridge 66-20 in their previous meeting on January 7th. That match was all but decided by halftime, at which point Pope was down 34-11.
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