Ocean Springs and St. Martin are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2021, but not for long. The Ocean Springs Greyhounds will challenge the St. Martin Yellow Jackets at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Ocean Springs has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with three straight losses, while St. Martin will come in with nine straight victories.
Ocean Springs is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Hancock on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Ocean Springs was outmatched by Hancock on the road and fell 50-14. While losing is never fun, the Greyhounds can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 107th, while the Hawks are ranked sixth).
Meanwhile, St. Martin made easy work of Bryant on Tuesday and carried off a 72-49 win. Fans of the Yellow Jackets have seen this all before: every one of the games they've played this season has ended in a blowout of 20+ points.
St. Martin pushed their record up to 9-0 with the victory, which was their 12th straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 35.3 points. As for Ocean Springs, their defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 3-3.
Ocean Springs took a serious blow against St. Martin in their previous matchup back in February, falling 72-29. Can Ocean Springs avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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