Evans and Effingham County are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2016, but not for long. The Evans Knights will be playing at home against the Effingham County Rebels at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Evans has eight straight wins, Effingham County has 16 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Evans will bounce into Tuesday's contest after beating Lakeside, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Evans enjoyed a cozy 40-25 victory over Lakeside on Friday. Given the Knights' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 75th, while the Panthers are ranked 234th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Effingham County came up short against Greenbrier on Friday and fell 51-44.
Evans pushed their record up to 21-2 with the win, which was their eighth straight on the road. As for Effingham County, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-17.
Everything went Evans' way against Effingham County in their previous matchup on Thursday, as Evans made off with a 58-35 victory. Does Evans have another victory up their sleeve, or will Effingham County turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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