Willamette is 2-8 against South Medford since February of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Willamette Wolverines will head out on the road to square off against the South Medford Panthers at 6:45 p.m. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Willamette has struggled recently with 11 losses in a row, while South Medford will arrive with nine straight wins.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 83-53, which was the final score in Willamette's tilt against South Eugene on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, Willamette can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oregon basketball rankings (they are ranked 219th, while South Eugene is ranked 80th).
Meanwhile, even though Grants Pass scored an imposing 58 points on Tuesday, South Medford still came out on top. South Medford walked away with a 68-58 win over Grants Pass. That's two games straight that South Medford has won by exactly ten points.
Willamette's loss was their ninth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 2-21. Those losses can't be blamed on the team's offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.9 points per game. As for South Medford, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 14 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-6 record this season.
Willamette was dealt a bruising 90-39 loss at the hands of South Medford in their previous meeting back in January. Can Willamette avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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