Basketball Game Preview: Nelsonville-York Buckeyes vs. Southern Tornadoes

The Nelsonville-York Buckeyes will face off against the Southern Tornadoes at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Nelsonville-York easily dispatched Meigs on Thursday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Nelsonville-York fell just short of Trimble by a score of 41-39 on Saturday.

Meanwhile, Southern was not able to break out of their rough patch on Thursday as the team picked up their third straight loss. They took a 43-27 bruising from Waterford. While losing is never fun, the Tornadoes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 351st, while the Wildcats are ranked 19th).

Nelsonville-York has traveled a rocky road recently having lost five of their last six matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 4-9 record this season. As for Southern, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-7.