Southern is 1-9 against Sacred Heart since January of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Southern Raiders will venture away from home to square off against the Sacred Heart Irish. Sacred Heart took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Southern, who comes in off a win.
Southern is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Friday as they easily beat Sterling 70-30. The match was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 43-20.
Meanwhile, Sacred Heart came up short against Pawnee City on Friday, falling 56-36. The Irish were down 47-26 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Southern has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five games, which provided a massive bump to their 8-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.0 points per game. As for Sacred Heart, they now have a losing record at 7-8.
Southern came up short against Sacred Heart in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, falling 49-43. Can Southern avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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