Basketball Game Preview: Madison County Red Raiders vs. Cedar Shoals Jaguars

The Madison County Red Raiders will venture away from home to face off against the Cedar Shoals Jaguars at 8:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Madison County is headed into Friday's contest hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They lost 86-64 to East Forsyth on Saturday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (55), the Red Raiders still had to take the loss.

Meanwhile, Cedar Shoals strolled past Walnut Grove with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 60-44. Given the Jaguars' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 129th, while the Warriors are ranked 408th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Cedar Shoals' win bumped their record up to 14-8. As for Madison County, their loss dropped their record down to 17-6.

Madison County came up short against Cedar Shoals when the teams last played on January 7th, falling 73-67. Can Madison County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.