Basketball Preview: Gilmer Buckeyes vs. Spring Hill Panthers
Gilmer is 10-0 against Spring Hill since January of 2018, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Gilmer Buckeyes will be playing at home against the Spring Hill Panthers at 6:15 p.m. Gilmer has now lost 11 straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since November 9.
Gilmer is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Longview on Saturday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Gilmer was dealt a 70-38 defeat at the hands of Longview. While losing is never fun, the Buckeyes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 993rd, while the Lobos are ranked 77th).
Meanwhile, Spring Hill hadn't done well against Jefferson recently (they were 0-4 in their previous four matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Saturday. Spring Hill came out on top against Jefferson by a score of 40-27. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Panthers.
Spring Hill is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.8 points per game. As for Gilmer, their loss dropped their record down to 1-11.
Gilmer strolled past Spring Hill when the teams last played back in February by a score of 43-25. Will Gilmer repeat their success, or does Spring Hill have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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