Coffee is 9-1 against Ware County since December of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Coffee Trojans will look to defend their home court against the Ware County Gators at 7:30 p.m. Coffee will have to bring their A-game into this one, as they are staring down a pretty big deficit in the MaxPreps Georgia Rankings (they are ranked 242nd, while Ware County is ranked 94th).
After a string of three wins, Coffee's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They fell just short of Statesboro by a score of 49-47. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest loss Coffee has suffered yet this season.
The losing side was boosted by Marquavious Bussey, who scored 20 points along with two steals. That was a full 42.6% of Coffee's points, marking the third time in a row he's earned more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Junitho Benson, who scored ten points along with nine rebounds and two steals.
Even though Ware County has not done well against Bradwell Institute recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Ware County walked away with a 62-55 win over Bradwell Institute. Having run the score up that high, both teams might be doing some extra defensive drills very soon.
Coffee's defeat dropped their record down to 9-11. As for Ware County, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a massive bump to their 13-8 record this season.
Things could have been worse for Coffee, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 63-49 loss to Ware County when the teams last played two weeks ago. Will Coffee have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check MaxPreps after the action for a full breakdown of the game and more basketball content.
