The Pickens Blue Flame will take on the Blue Ridge Fighting Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Pickens has now lost eight straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since December 28.
Last Friday, Pickens ended up a good deal behind Seneca and lost 48-33.
Meanwhile, Blue Ridge beat Greer 44-32 on Saturday. Given the Fighting Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 125th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Blue Ridge is also on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.7 points per game. As for Pickens, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-12.
Pickens was taken down by Blue Ridge 75-27 in their previous meeting on January 6th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Blue Ridge's Opal Maralit, who went 5 of 7 en route to 14 points in addition to eight rebounds and six assists. Now that Pickens knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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