Sulphur Bluff is 1-9 against Saltillo since December of 2021 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Sulphur Bluff Bears will host the Saltillo Lions at 6:30 p.m. The two teams are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
Sulphur Bluff is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Bloomburg: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Sulphur Bluff blew Bloomburg out of the water with a 51-18 final score. The Bears pushed the score to 40-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Wildcats had little chance of recovering from.
Meanwhile, Saltillo waltzed into their contest on Friday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They blew past the Indians, posting a 66-35 victory. The Lions have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 matches by 22 points or more this season.
Saltillo is also on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 16 games, which provided a nice bump to their 24-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.3 points per game. As for Sulphur Bluff, their win bumped their record up to 11-13.
Sulphur Bluff took a serious blow against Saltillo when the teams last played two weeks ago, falling 68-26. That contest was all but decided by halftime, at which point Sulphur Bluff was down 30-10.
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