Basketball Game Preview: Senatobia Warriors vs. South Pontotoc Cougars

The Senatobia Warriors will take on the South Pontotoc Cougars in a holiday battle at at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Senatobia is headed into the contest having just suffered their closest defeat since January 5th on Friday. They fell just short of New Albany by a score of 66-64. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Saturday (61), the Warriors still had to take the loss.

Meanwhile, South Pontotoc didn't have too much trouble with North Pontotoc on Friday as they won 61-46.

Senatobia's loss dropped their record down to 8-3. As for South Pontotoc, their victory bumped their record up to 8-5.

Things could have been worse for Senatobia, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 55-37 loss to South Pontotoc when the teams last played back in January. Thankfully for Senatobia, Pacey Mathews (who went 10 for 16 on his way to 22 points and five rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.