The Myrtle Beach Seahawks will venture away from home to challenge the Conway Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday.
On Tuesday, Myrtle Beach was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 49-48 to St. James.
Meanwhile, Conway came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 7.5 points) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 47-35 win over the Chiefs. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 14th, while the Chiefs are ranked 77th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Conway pushed their record up to 18-3 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.0 points per game. As for Myrtle Beach, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-6.
Myrtle Beach couldn't quite finish off Conway when the teams last played on January 10th and fell 50-48. Can Myrtle Beach avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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