Cardinals
| 02/07/25 vs Palmyra | 58 |
| 02/04/25 vs Monroe City | 40 |
| 01/31/25 @ Highland | 35 |
| 01/28/25 vs Northeast | 56 |
| 01/25/25 @ North Shelby | 48 |
| + 17 more games |
South Shelby is 2-8 against Macon since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Cardinals duke it out with the Tigers at 6:00 p.m. South Shelby is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.2 points per game this season.
Last Friday, South Shelby earned a 58-51 victory over Palmyra. Given the Cardinals' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 19th, while the Panthers are ranked 110th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
South Shelby's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Callie Mcwilliams, who went 5 for 12 en route to 14 points and three steals. Mcwilliams has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times she's played. Belle Roush was another key player, dropping a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds.
South Shelby smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 18 offensive boards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive rebounds in 19 consecutive contests.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Macon, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Tuesday. They took down Clark County 60-46 on Friday. The victory continues a trend for the Tigers in their matchups with the Indians: they've now won nine in a row.
Macon's win was their first in the district, bumping their district record up to 1-2 and their overall record up to 7-15. As for South Shelby, their victory was their 11th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 20-2.
Everything went South Shelby's way against Macon in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, as South Shelby made off with a 60-37 win. In that match, South Shelby amassed a halftime lead of 37-14, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.
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