The South Paulding Spartans will take on the Pope Greyhounds at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (South Paulding has four straight wins, Pope has three straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
South Paulding picked up another tournament win two weeks ago. They snuck past Temple with a 63-58 victory.
Meanwhile, Pope was just a bucket shy of victory on Friday and fell 53-52 to Effingham County. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Greyhounds came into the contest with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 101st, while the Rebels are ranked 362nd).
South Paulding is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 9-4 record this season. As for Pope, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-5.
South Paulding couldn't quite finish off Pope when the teams last played back in December of 2023 and fell 53-50. Can South Paulding avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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