Preview: Savannah Savages vs. Green City Gophers
Savannah has been on the road for three straight, but on Thursday they'll finally head home. They will be home for the holidays to greet the Green City Gophers at 3:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Monday, Savannah didn't have too much trouble with Lathrop on the road as they won 71-53. 71 seems to be a good number for Savannah as the team scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Green City earned a 55-48 win over Kauffman on Tuesday. Given Green City's advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked tenth, while Kauffman is ranked 253rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Asher Buggs-Tipton was his usual excellent self, scoring 31 points along with six rebounds and five steals. That makes it five consecutive games in which he has scored at least 25% of Green City's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Noah Tipton, who scored nine points.
Savannah now has a winning record of 3-2. As for Green City, the victory makes it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 8-1.
