After flying high against Our Lady of the Rosary last Tuesday, Greenwood Christian came back down to earth. The Greenwood Christian Hawks fell 65-58 to the Orangeburg Prep Indians on Thursday. The Hawks were not able to make up for their defeat to the Indians from their previous meeting back in December of 2023.
Greenwood Christian lost despite a true team effort on offense, the best among them being Ty Kennedy, who shot 4-for-6 from beyond the arc and dropped a double-double on 24 points and ten rebounds. Another player making a difference was Isaiah Scott-Palacios, who posted 23 points.
Orangeburg Prep was led to victory by Avery Ravenell and Tilden Riley. Ravenell earned 23 points and five assists, while Riley dropped a double-double on 21 points and 14 rebounds. The dominant performance also gave Riley a new career-high in assists (five). Another player making a difference was Walt Mims, who had ten points.
Greenwood Christian's loss dropped their record down to 11-6. As for Orangeburg Prep, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 6-2.
Greenwood Christian will welcome Laurens Academy at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Greenwood Christian is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55 points per game this season. As for Orangeburg Prep, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next match, a 68-61 victory against St. John's Christian Academy on the 13th.
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