The Southern Indians will venture away from home to square off against the David Anderson Blue Devils at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. David Anderson took a loss in their last contest and will be looking to turn the tables on Southern, who comes in off a win.
Southern is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing East Palestine: they outscored them in every quarter. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Southern blew East Palestine out of the water with a 58-31 final score. The game was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Indians had established a 20 point advantage.
Meanwhile, David Anderson was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They were outmatched by Columbiana and fell 59-10. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 737th, while the Clippers are ranked 125th).
Jayden Smyth was David Anderson's leading scorer, having posted four points.
David Anderson's loss dropped their record down to 3-8. As for Southern, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 5-5.
Everything came up roses for Southern against David Anderson in their previous meeting two weeks ago, as the squad secured a 73-34 victory. In that contest, Southern amassed a halftime lead of 52-21, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Monday.
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