Morgan County has won five straight games at home, while Westside has won five straight on the road, but those streaks won't matter much on Tuesday. The Morgan County Bulldogs will welcome the Westside Seminoles at 7:30 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, everything went Morgan County's way against Callaway as Morgan County made off with a 59-39 win. The Bulldogs have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven matches by 20 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Westside unfortunately witnessed the end of their five-game winning streak on Saturday. They fell 69-56 to Southwest. While losing is never fun, the Seminoles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 195th, while the Patriots are ranked 44th).
Morgan County will need focus on slowing down Brandon Hill, one of several Westside players who made an impact when they last played. He dropped a double-double on 13 points and 14 rebounds. Those 14 boards gave Hill a new career-high. Joshua Harden was another key player, going 7 of 17 on his way to 15 points and six rebounds.
Morgan County is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 14-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.0 points per game. As for Westside, their loss dropped their record down to 10-7.
Morgan County didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Westside in their previous matchup on January 3rd, but they still walked away with a 54-50 victory. Will Morgan County repeat their success, or does Westside have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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