Basketball Preview: D'Iberville Warriors vs. Ocean Springs Greyhounds
D'Iberville is 2-8 against Ocean Springs since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The D'Iberville Warriors will head out on the road to square off against the Ocean Springs Greyhounds at 7:30 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
D'Iberville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past Resurrection Catholic 70-40 on Saturday. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 15th, while the Eagles are ranked 160th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Ocean Springs beat St. Martin 48-43 on Friday. The 48-point effort marked the Greyhounds' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Ocean Springs is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 4-3 record this season. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.5 points per game. As for D'Iberville, their record now sits at 10-1.
D'Iberville couldn't quite finish off Ocean Springs when the teams last played back in January and fell 52-50. Can D'Iberville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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