Basketball Game Preview: Southwood Knights vs. Southern Wells Raiders

By Team Reports Feb 24, 2024, 6:38am

Preview: Southwood Knights vs. Southern Wells Raiders

Southwood is 5-0 against Southern Wells since March of 2020, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Tuesday. The Southwood Knights will face off against the Southern Wells Raiders at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully Southwood focused on turnovers this week since the team gave up 11 on Friday.

On Friday, Southwood was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 53-47 to Bluffton.

Despite the defeat, Southwood had strong showings from Will Winer, who scored 19 points along with three steals, and Maddox Marshall, who scored 14 points along with four steals. Winer hasn't dropped below two steals for four straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Bryce Wilcox, who scored four points along with six rebounds and four steals.

Meanwhile, it was a hard-fought contest, but Southern Wells had to settle for a 47-44 loss against Cowan on Friday. Southern Wells has struggled against Cowan recently, as their matchup on Friday was their fifth consecutive lost matchup.

Southwood's record is now 7-15. Southern Wells' record now sits at 8-14.

Southwood strolled past Southern Wells in their previous matchup back in December of 2023 by a score of 57-40. Will Southwood repeat their success, or does Southern Wells have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.

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