Basketball Game Preview: Fairhope Pirates vs. Robertsdale Golden Bears

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Previous Games

12/01/23 - Away	46-27 W
12/04/18 - Away	67-36 W
11/13/18 - Home	35-33 W
12/05/17 - Home	63-27 W
12/17/16 - Neutral	48-52 L
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Fairhope is 9-1 against Robertsdale since December of 2014 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Fairhope Pirates will square off against the Robertsdale Golden Bears at 5:30 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.

On Friday, Fairhope ended up a good deal behind Daphne and lost 57-40. The defeat continues a trend for the Pirates in their matchups with the Trojans: they've now lost six in a row.

Meanwhile, Robertsdale was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They had to suffer through a 64-22 loss at the hands of Foley. While losing is never fun, the Golden Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 392nd, while the Lions are ranked 15th).

Robertsdale's defeat dropped their record down to 3-17. As for Fairhope, their loss dropped their record down to 9-8.

Fairhope strolled past Robertsdale in their previous matchup back in December of 2023 by a score of 46-27. Will Fairhope repeat their success, or does Robertsdale have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.