The Cairo Syrupmakers will take on the Seminole County Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Cairo has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with six straight defeats, while Seminole County will come in with three straight victories.
Cairo came up into this matchup off a tough 49-point loss on Friday. This time they kept things ultra-competitive, but unfortunately the final result was the same. They fell just short of Thomas County Central by a score of 58-55 on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Syrupmakers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 425th, while the Yellow Jackets are ranked 136th).
Meanwhile, Seminole County didn't have too much trouble with Stewart County on Saturday as they won 54-36.
Seminole County's win came from a few key players Cairo will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Kamauri Johnson, who dropped a double-double on 15 points and 11 boards. The team also got some help courtesy of Zach King, who posted ten points along with five assists and five boards.
Seminole County's win ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 8-8. As for Cairo, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-12.
Cairo came out on top in a nail-biter against Seminole County in their previous matchup back in December of 2021, sneaking past 56-53. Will Cairo repeat their success, or does Seminole County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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