Talladega is 2-8 against Handley since December of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Saturday. The Talladega Tigers will challenge the Handley Tigers at 5:00 p.m.
Talladega will head into Thursday's contest out to bounce back: they won a close one the last time they played, but unfortunately they suffered a serious change of fortune on Thursday. They took a blow against Winterboro, falling 50-22. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 207th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 82nd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Handley). They took their game on Thursday with ease, bagging a 57-30 win over Wadley.
Talladega's loss dropped their record down to 14-12. As for Handley, their victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 9-12.
Talladega lost to Handley on the road by a decisive 54-39 margin when the teams last played back in January. Can Talladega avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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