Basketball Game Preview: Southland Academy Raiders vs. Southwest Georgia Academy Warriors

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Previous Games

12/04/23 - Home	53-49 W
01/05/23 - Home	60-47 W
12/05/22 - Away	70-39 W
01/04/22 - Home	70-19 W
12/07/21 - Away	55-31 W
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Southland Academy has gone 10-0 against Southwest Georgia Academy recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Southland Academy Raiders will head out to challenge the Southwest Georgia Academy Warriors at 7:30 p.m. Having both just faced considerable losses, both teams are looking to turn things around.

It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 62-34, which was the final score in Southland Academy's tilt against Deerfield-Windsor on Tuesday. The Raiders have struggled against the Knights recently, as the game was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.

Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 70-42, which was the final score in Southwest Georgia Academy's tilt against Brookwood on Monday. While losing is never fun, Southwest Georgia Academy can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 264th, while Brookwood is ranked 55th).

Southwest Georgia Academy has been struggling recently as they've lost three of their last four matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-8 record this season. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.8 points per game. As for Southland Academy, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-7.

Southland Academy didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Southwest Georgia Academy in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, but they still walked away with a 53-49 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Southwest Georgia Academy's Grayson Cox, who went 6 for 11 on his way to 18 points in addition to five assists and five boards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Southland Academy still be able to contain Cox? There's only one way to find out.