Falkville hasn't had much luck against Cold Springs recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Falkville Blue Devils will venture away from home to square off against the Cold Springs Eagles at 5:30 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.
Last Tuesday, Falkville lost to Winston County at home by a 49-35 margin. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 357th, while the Yellowjackets are ranked 147th).
Meanwhile, Cold Springs unfortunately witnessed the end of their six-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell to Danville 55-51.
Falkville will have to contain Kenady Graves as she made an impact in Cold Springs' last game. She went 6 for 8 on her way to 15 points and five assists. Graves is trending in the right direction considering she's improved her point production for three straight games. The team also got some help courtesy of Ella Dickerson, who posted nine points and seven boards.
Even though they lost, Cold Springs smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 12 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least nine offensive boards in eight consecutive matchups.
Cold Springs' loss ended a seven-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-7. As for Falkville, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-14.
Falkville took a serious blow against Cold Springs when the teams last played last Thursday, falling 68-40. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Dickerson, who went 10 of 15 en route to 24 points and six rebounds. Now that Falkville 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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