Effingham County lost against Statesboro back in January and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Tuesday. The Effingham County Rebels fell to the Statesboro Blue Devils 46-41. While losing is never fun, the Rebels can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 315th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 71st).
Isaiah Brown
| 02/11/25 @ Statesboro | 10 |
| 02/05/25 @ South Effingham | 6 |
| 01/14/25 @ Evans | 4 |
| 01/07/25 @ Lakeside | 4 |
| 12/17/24 @ Brunswick | 4 |
Effingham County's loss came despite a true team effort with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Isaiah Brown, who posted six points and ten rebounds. The dominant performance gave Brown a new career-high in boards. Another player making a difference was Damion Gordon, who had 11 points.
Ja'Caiden Cone continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines for Statesboro, putting up 14 points. Camdyn Wilkerson was another key player, posting 11 points and six rebounds.
This is the second loss in a row for Effingham County and nudges their season record down to 10-16. Admittedly, the team was facing some tough opposition over that stretch, including 15-9 Greenbrier (their opponents had an average overall winning percentage of 75% over those games). As for Statesboro, the victory was the third in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 21-3.
Effingham County does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Statesboro, they won't have much time to rest: their next match is against Greenbrier at 6:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Greenbrier is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 58.1 points per game this season.
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