The Strom Thurmond Rebels will venture away from home to challenge the Silver Bluff Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Strom Thurmond is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 51.7 points per game this season.
Strom Thurmond is headed into the matchup having just posted their closest victory since December 19, 2023 on Wednesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 37-34 win over South Aiken. The 37-point effort marked the Rebels' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Strom Thurmond to victory, but perhaps none more so than AJ Walker, who posted 12 points and five rebounds. Another player making a difference was Griffin Thompson, who put up nine points and six rebounds.
Strom Thurmond smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 15 offensive rebounds. That's the most offensive boards they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Silver Bluff, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They really took it to Bamberg-Ehrhardt for the full four quarters, racking up an 80-48 victory. The Bulldogs pushed the score to 56-30 by the end of the third, a deficit the Red Raiders had little chance of recovering from.
Silver Bluff now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Strom Thurmond, their win was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 4-2.
Strom Thurmond was able to grind out a solid victory over Silver Bluff in their previous matchup back in February, winning 59-50. Will Strom Thurmond repeat their success, or does Silver Bluff have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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