Basketball Preview: Fountain Inn Fury vs. Southside Tigers
The Fountain Inn Fury will be playing at home against the Southside Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Fountain Inn can now show off eight landslide victories after their most recent game on Friday. They blew past Palmetto 52-28. Given Fountain Inn's advantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 70th, while the Mustangs are ranked 212th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Fountain Inn got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Chaniya Jackson out in front who dropped a double-double on ten points and 16 rebounds. Another player making a difference was Aubrey Garrison, who scored ten points.
Meanwhile, Southside beat the Bears 50-41 on Friday.
Fountain Inn has been performing well recently as they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. As for Southside, their victory bumped their record up to 11-7.
Fountain Inn was able to grind out a solid win over the Tigers in their previous meeting back in January, winning 46-38. Will Fountain Inn repeat their success, or do the Tigers have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
