Southside is 1-6 against Bentonville since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Southside Mavericks will take on the Bentonville Tigers at 7:30 p.m.
Southside saw some tournament action two weeks ago. The contest between them and Hall didn't end well, with Southside falling 51-33. While losing is never fun, the Mavericks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 172nd, while the Warriors are ranked 23rd).
Meanwhile, Bentonville entered their tilt with Parkview on Monday with three consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with four. They secured a 61-56 W over the Patriots. 61 seems to be a good number for the Tigers as the team scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Bentonville pushed their record up to 8-5 with the win, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.7 points per game. As for Southside, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 1-4.
Southside took a serious blow against Bentonville in their previous meeting back in February of 2021, falling 65-34. Can Southside avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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