The Blythewood Bengals are taking a road trip to take on the Sumter Gamecocks at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Blythewood is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by West Florence to the tune of 91-50 on Thursday. The Bengals have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won seven matchups by 22 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, Sumter waltzed into their contest on Wednesday with two straight wins... but they left with three. They strolled past the Knights with points to spare, taking the game 68-49. Given the Gamecocks' advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 73rd, while the Knights are ranked 206th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Blythewood's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 14-3. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.4 points per game. As for Sumter, the win got them back to even at 8-8.
Blythewood came up short against Sumter in their previous meeting back in January of 2022, falling 70-65. Can Blythewood avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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