Columbus hasn't had much luck against Sumter County recently, but that could start to change on Saturday. The Columbus Blue Devils are taking a road trip to face off against the Sumter County Panthers at 7:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Columbus is headed into Saturday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their third straight game on Tuesday. They fell 55-48 to Spencer. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 360th, while the Greenwave are ranked 135th).
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Sumter County took on Carver on Friday. Sumter County took a 73-60 hit to the loss column at the hands of Carver. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (55), the Panthers still had to take the loss.
Sumter County's loss dropped their record down to 14-10. As for Columbus, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-15.
Columbus came up short against Sumter County when the teams last played two weeks ago, falling 47-42. Can Columbus avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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