The Mansfield Senior Tygers will wrap up 2023 with a road trip to face off against the South Bulldogs at 3:15 p.m. on Saturday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Mansfield Senior sitting on four straight wins and South on five.
Last Friday, Mansfield Senior earned a 66-53 victory over Wooster. Given Mansfield Senior's advantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 155th, while Wooster is ranked 545th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
It was another big night for Kyevi Roane, who scored 21 points along with nine rebounds. The match was his seventh in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Dondreas Reese, who scored ten points along with nine rebounds.
Meanwhile, South strolled past Marion-Franklin with points to spare last Tuesday, taking the game 61-44.
South got their win on the backs of several key players, but it was Chris Stokes out in front who scored 19 points. Those 19 points set a new season-high mark for him. Lajames Washington was another key contributor, scoring 15 points.
Mansfield Senior's win bumped their record up to 5-2. As for South, their victory bumped their record up to 5-1.
