The Newberry Bulldogs entered their tilt with the Abbeville Panthers with nine consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with ten. Newberry strolled past Abbeville with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 64-49. That's another feather in the cap for Newberry, who also won these teams' last head-to-head.
Despite the defeat, Abbeville saw an underclassman step up: Darius Riley scored 23 points along with three steals. As a matter of fact, that's the most points Riley has scored all season. The team also got some help courtesy of Jakwon Elmore, who scored 14 points along with two steals.
Newberry has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 15-9 record this season. As for Abbeville, their loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 11-5.
Newberry does not have any more games scheduled as of now. As for Abbeville, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 89-79 victory vs. Silver Bluff on the 13th.
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