Basketball Recap: Tupelo Falls Short Against Ranked Germantown

On Tuesday, Tupelo faced Germantown in a battle between two of the state's top teams. The Tupelo Golden Wave took a 48-31 bruising from the Germantown Mavericks. The matchup marked the Golden Wave's lowest-scoring game so far this season.

Tupelo's defeat ended an eight-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 14-5. As for Germantown, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 18-4 record this season.

Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Tupelo will face off against Starkville at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Germantown has already played their next match (against Murrah), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing.