The Tift County Blue Devils will head out on the road to challenge the Lowndes Vikings at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the contest bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
On Friday, Tift County humbled Richmond Hill with a 55-23 victory. The Blue Devils pushed the score to 53-16 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wildcats cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Lowndes came tearing into Tuesday's game with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.9 points), and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 46-34 victory over the Wildcats. Given the Vikings' advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 19th, while the Wildcats are ranked 172nd) , the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Lowndes' win bumped their record up to 15-3. As for Tift County, their victory bumped their record up to 11-7.
Tift County came out on top in a nail-biter against Lowndes in their previous meeting back in February of 2025, sneaking past 57-55. One of the biggest obstacles trying to stand in the way of that victory was the Vikings' Kaci Demps, who almost dropped a triple-double with 18 points, nine boards, and nine steals. Now that she won't be playing on Tuesday, will it be easier for the Blue Devils to walk away with another win? There's only one way to find out.
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