Southern is 0-10 against Freeman since January of 2018 but things could change on Tuesday. The Southern Raiders are taking a road trip to take on the Freeman Falcons. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Southern took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Thursday. They greeted the New Year with with a 58-43 win over Weeping Water. The Raiders pushed the score to 46-26 by the end of the third, a deficit the Indians cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Freeman put another one in the bag on Thursday to keep their perfect season alive. They rang in the new year with a 77-67 victory over Johnson County Central. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Nebraska basketball rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Thunderbirds are ranked 43rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Freeman's win was their fifth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 8-0. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.8 points per game. As for Southern, the victory got them back to even at 4-4.
Southern opened the new year with a less-than-successful 50-39 defeat to Freeman. Can Southern avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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