Two dominant guards in Kairell Evans and Michael Bailey are getting ready to go toe-to-toe. The Southern Wayne Saints will face off against the Eastern Wayne Warriors at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Southern Wayne's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last three matches.
Southern Wayne saw some tournament action last Friday. They received a blow as they fell 79-62 to Wayne Preparatory Academy.
Eastern Wayne has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They took a 113-102 hit to the loss column at the hands of Northwood Temple Academy on Saturday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (64), the Warriors still had to take the loss.
Southern Wayne will have to keep a close watch on Bailey and Charlie Thomas, a pair of players who had a big impact on Eastern Wayne's prior game. Bailey posted 31 points and seven rebounds, while Thomas dropped a double-double on 26 points and 15 boards. Thomas has been hot, having posted eight or more rebounds the last eight times he's played. Zavion Burden was another key player, putting up 11 points and seven rebounds.
Southern Wayne's loss dropped their record down to 1-5. As for Eastern Wayne, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-4.
Southern Wayne might still be hurting after the 113-87 loss they got from Eastern Wayne in their previous meeting on December 13th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Bailey, who had 43 points along with six boards and four steals. Now that Southern Wayne knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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