The Emerald Vikings will head out on the road to face off against the Southside Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Emerald is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Westside on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Emerald took a blow against Westside, falling 75-23. While losing is never fun, the Vikings can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 137th, while the Rams are ranked 20th).
Meanwhile, Southside lost to Laurens on the road by a 44-29 margin on Tuesday. The Tigers were down 39-17 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Emerald now has a losing record at 4-5. As for Southside, their defeat dropped their record down to 6-4.
Things could have been worse for Emerald, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 69-51 loss to Southside when the teams last played back in February of 2021. Thankfully for Emerald, Kamari Thompson (who dropped a double-double on 25 points and 23 rebounds) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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