Basketball Game Preview: Spring Valley Vikings vs. Lugoff-Elgin Demons

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Previous Games

12/14/21 - Away	67-22 W
12/06/21 - Home	52-51 W
02/04/20 - Away	58-61 L
01/17/20 - Home	59-70 L
01/29/19 - Home	59-41 W
+ 5 more games

Spring Valley has gone 8-2 against Lugoff-Elgin recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Spring Valley Vikings will welcome the Lugoff-Elgin Demons at 8:00 p.m. Spring Valley is coming into the matchup on a five-game losing streak.

Last Monday, Spring Valley ended up a good deal behind Westwood and lost 61-45. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 113th, while the Redhawks are ranked seventh).

Meanwhile, Lugoff-Elgin hadn't done well against Westwood recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Lugoff-Elgin skirted past Westwood 59-57. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest win the Demons have posted since December 15, 2023.

Lugoff-Elgin's victory bumped their record up to 11-5. As for Spring Valley, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-9.

Everything came up roses for Spring Valley against Lugoff-Elgin when the teams last played back in December of 2021, as the squad secured a 67-22 win. In that game, Spring Valley amassed a halftime lead of 31-11, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.