Sheffield is 0-9 against Deshler since January of 2015 but things could change on Friday. The Sheffield Bulldogs will venture away from home to square off against the Deshler Tigers at 6:00 p.m.
Sheffield came up short against Mars Hill Bible on Tuesday, falling 65-41. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 175th, while the Panthers are ranked 26th).
Meanwhile, Deshler entered their tilt with Wilson on Tuesday with ten consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with 11. They put the hurt on the Warriors with a sharp 69-44 victory. The Tigers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 17 contests by 21 points or more this season.
Deshler is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 19-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 72.5 points per game. As for Sheffield, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 7-6.
Sheffield was taken down by Deshler 70-26 in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Deshler's Reece Davis, who went 8 for 17 on her way to 26 points. Now that Sheffield knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
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