New Site and Booneville are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2017, but not for long. The New Site Royals will square off against the Booneville Blue Devils at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, New Site didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Saltillo, but they still walked away with a 56-51 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Royals.
Meanwhile, Booneville entered their tilt with New Hope on Friday with four consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with five. They put the hurt on the Trojans with a sharp 62-42 win. Given the Blue Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked fourth, while the Trojans are ranked 93rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
New Site has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. As for Booneville, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2.
New Site took a serious blow against Booneville in their previous matchup back in January, falling 77-49. Can New Site avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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