The Johnsonville Flashes will head out on the road to challenge the Waccamaw Warriors at 7:15 p.m. on Wednesday. Johnsonville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51.8 points per game this season.
Johnsonville will head into Thursday's match on the come-up: they were handed a heart-breaking three-point defeat in their last contest, but they sure didn't let that happen against Lake View back in December of 2024. Johnsonville blew past Lake View 58-37.
12/19/24 vs Lake View | 7 |
12/09/24 vs South Columbus | 6 |
12/17/24 @ Green Sea Floyds | 5 |
12/11/24 vs Kingstree | 4 |
01/23/24 @ Hemingway | 3 |
Johnsonville's win was the result of several impressive offensive performances. One of the most notable came from Xavier Johnson, who posted 13 points along with seven rebounds and five assists. Those seven boards gave Johnson a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Takhari Ross, who had 11 points in addition to five assists and five steals.
Johnson wasn't the only one working in the assists department: Johnsonville was working as a unit and finished the game with 19 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Waccamaw was able to grind out a solid victory over Andrews on Tuesday, taking the game 52-41.
Waccamaw is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 10-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.1 points per game. As for Johnsonville, their record now sits at 2-4.
Things could have been worse for Johnsonville, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 75-58 loss to Waccamaw when the teams last played back in December of 2023. Can Johnsonville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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