Basketball Game Preview: Saluda Tigers vs. McCormick Chiefs

By Team Reports Dec 19, 2024, 1:35am

Basketball Preview: Saluda Tigers vs. McCormick Chiefs

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Previous Games

12/19/23 - Home44-29 W
12/01/23 - Away42-35 W
12/19/22 - Home48-29 W
12/07/22 - Away44-32 W
01/07/20 - Away59-37 W
+ 5 more games

Saluda has gone 8-2 against McCormick recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Saluda Tigers will be home for the holidays to greet the McCormick Chiefs at 6:15 p.m. Saluda will be strutting in after a victory while McCormick will be coming in after a loss.

Saluda took a loss when they played away from home on Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Wednesday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 37-34 win over Ridge Spring-Monetta. The 37-point effort marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring match of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Meanwhile, McCormick unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Wednesday. They fell 53-46 to Calhoun Falls Charter.

McCormick's defeat was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 3-2. As for Saluda, their victory bumped their record up to 4-2.

Saluda strolled past McCormick when the teams last played back in December of 2023 by a score of 44-29. Will Saluda repeat their success, or does McCormick have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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