Basketball Game Preview: Sherman Tide vs. Tolsia Rebels

By Team Reports Feb 14, 2024, 3:49am

Preview: Sherman Tide vs. Tolsia Rebels

Sherman is 0-7 against Tolsia since December of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Sherman Tide will be playing in front of their home fans against the Tolsia Rebels at 7:30 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.

Last Monday, it was a hard-fought contest, but Sherman had to settle for a 51-49 defeat against Man.

Meanwhile, Tolsia pushed their score all the way to 60 on Monday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell 71-60 to Greenup County. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (59), Tolsia still had to take the loss.

The losing side was boosted by Parker Watts, who dropped a double-double on 38 points and 12 rebounds. He is on a roll when it comes to steals, as he's now grabbed two or more in the last 13 games he's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryson Muncy, who scored seven points.

Tolsia struggled to work together and finished the game with only three assists. That's the fewest assists they've managed all season.

Sherman's loss dropped their record down to 6-5. As for Tolsia, their loss dropped their record down to 12-7.

Sherman and Tolsia were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, but Sherman came up empty-handed after a 46-45 defeat. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Watts, who dropped a double-double on 23 points and 11 rebounds. Now that Sherman knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.

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