Basketball Preview: Saraland Spartans vs. Spanish Fort Toros
The Saraland Spartans will be playing at home against the Spanish Fort Toros at 5:30 p.m. on Monday. Hopefully Saraland focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 18 on Thursday.
Last Thursday, Saraland was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 50-46 to Daphne. The Spartans haven't had much luck with the Trojans recently, as the team's come up short the last four times they've met.
Loss or not, Saraland got some senior leadership from Sadie Knight and Shakira Williams. Knight earned 17 points along with six rebounds, while Williams went 5 for 12 en route to 13 points.
Meanwhile, Spanish Fort won against Satsuma last Friday with 66 points and they decided to stick to that point total again on Friday. Spanish Fort came out on top in a nail-biter against Bryant , sneaking past 66-63. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Toros have posted since January 5th.
Having lost for the first time this season, Saraland fell to 2-1. As for Spanish Fort, their win ended a three-game drought on the road dating back to last season and puts them at 2-0.
Saraland and Spanish Fort were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in December of 2022, but Saraland came up empty-handed after a 38-37 defeat. Can Saraland avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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