Basketball Game Preview: Shorewood Greyhounds vs. South Milwaukee Rockets

By Team Reports Feb 14, 2024, 5:42am

Preview: Shorewood Greyhounds vs. South Milwaukee Rockets

The Shorewood Greyhounds's homestand continues as they prepare to take on the South Milwaukee Rockets at 7:00 p.m. on February 16th. Shorewood has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.

The matchup between Shorewood and Cudahy on Friday hardly resembled the 2-0 effort from their previous meeting. Shorewood took their contest at home with ease, bagging a 75-45 victory over Cudahy. The win was just what Shorewood needed coming off of a 82-50 loss in their prior matchup.

Meanwhile, South Milwaukee's recent rough patch got a bit rougher on Tuesday after their fourth straight defeat. They took a 38-33 hit to the loss column at the hands of Lakeside Lutheran. While losing is never fun, South Milwaukee can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Wisconsin basketball rankings (they are ranked 215th, while Lakeside Lutheran is ranked 32nd).

Shorewood's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 5-17. As for South Milwaukee, they have been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last eight matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-12 record this season.

Shorewood might still be hurting after the 77-52 loss they got from South Milwaukee in their previous meeting back in January. Will Shorewood have more luck at home instead of on the road? Come back here after the game to get an analysis of the match and other basketball content.

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