The North Myrtle Beach Chiefs will face off against the Berkeley Stags at 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday. Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with North Myrtle Beach sitting on five straight victories and Berkeley on 11.
North Myrtle Beach is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup last Tuesday. They walked away with a 53-42 win over Westwood. Given the Chiefs' advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 19th, while the Redhawks are ranked 61st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Berkeley strolled past Goose Creek with points to spare last Tuesday, taking the game 53-36.
North Myrtle Beach better keep an eye on Aiyanna Moses. She was instrumental in Berkeley's win, going 6-for-10 on her way to 15 points and five steals. Moses has been hot recently, having posted four or more steals the last three times she's played. Amani Mccray was another key player, putting up eight points and 13 rebounds.
Berkeley pushed their record up to 22-4 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.7 points over those games. As for North Myrtle Beach, their win bumped their record up to 22-2.
North Myrtle Beach didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Berkeley when the teams last played back in February of 2018, but they still walked away with a 43-38 victory. Will North Myrtle Beach repeat their success, or does Berkeley have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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