Basketball Game Preview: Sylacauga Aggies vs. Beauregard Hornets

The Sylacauga Aggies will square off against the Beauregard Hornets at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday. Sylacauga is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last nine games.

If Sylacauga beats Beauregard with 68 points on Saturday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Sylacauga walked away with a 68-57 win over Briarwood Christian on Wednesday.

Meanwhile, it's hard to turn regular season success into postseason wins, a fact Beauregard can now relate to. They fell to the Rams 51-47. The Hornets haven't had much luck with the Rams recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.

Sylacauga's victory was their 12th straight at home, which pushed their record up to 26-3. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 69.4 points per game. As for Beauregard, their loss dropped their record down to 4-15.

Everything went Sylacauga's way against Beauregard in their previous meeting back in February of 2017, as Sylacauga made off with a 96-71 win. Will Sylacauga repeat their success, or does Beauregard have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.