BAINBRIDGE, GA -- Looking back over the last decade in Georgia high school hoops, the best of the best always got better because of head-to-head match-ups against comparable talent.

Dwight Howard had Randolph Morris. JJ Hickson had Gani Lawal. Al-Farouq Aminu had Trey Thompkins. Lorenzo Brown had Ryan Harrow. The list is long in Georgia and the debates are good for barbershops and barbecue joints.  

On Friday night, Bainbridge's Tyree Crump locked horns with Seminole County's Jordan Harris. The two shooting guards are the best South Georgia has to offer right now in the class of 2016. Harris had a lot of help from his friends as Seminole County won 65-58 to improve to 7-1 on the year.

But as Harris said after the game, this wasn't his best game of the year. In fact, he called it his worst games of the season. Harris finished with the win, 10 points, four rebounds, four assists and three blocked shots. Crump finished with 24 points and six rebounds in the defeat.

The two will play each other at least five more times at the high school level. On the travel circuit, Harris and Crump will certainly cross paths again. Together, they know that the competition is healthy and good for both.

"It is very important we play against each other. It is a lot of motivation to play against somebody like him," Crump said of Harris. "People in town say there is somebody better than you, you want to play your very best. I just come out and try to prove them wrong. I know I'm better than him."

Harris smiled when he heard the response from Crump.

"It is good going against Tyree Crump. He has a good name for himself. He's earned that the summer," Harris said. "My name kinda shrunk because I had to fight through my injury but I'm just trying to get back."

Crump said he knows that the back-and-forth will bring the best out of each other. The crowd support is there. The gorgeous Bainbridge gym had crowd that went from courtside to the top row of the spacious venue.

"The crowd goes crazy when we play," Harris said.

College coaches are starting to see the rivalry in person. Mississippi State head coach Rick Ray and assistant coaches from Alabama and Florida State were on hand Friday night for the game. The recruiting path will mirror for both players down the stretch.

Harris said Georgia has been down to see him quite a bit this year while coaches from Clemson, Georgia State and Mercer have been in to see him this season. Crump said the Bulldogs have also stopped in to watch him play and workout.

College coaches and fans alike will have a chance to see the two play each other again in a month when Bainbridge travels to Seminole County on Feb. 8.

"When we go back down there, we're going to win that game," Crump said.

Harris just smiled. Game on.