Plymouth is on a six-game streak of home losses, Salem an eight-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Tuesday. The Plymouth Wildcats will host the Salem Rocks at 7:00 p.m.
Last Friday, Plymouth came up short against Northville and fell 61-52. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 188th, while the Mustangs are ranked 36th).
Meanwhile, Salem hadn't done well against Brighton recently (they were 1-8 in their previous nine matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Friday. Salem strolled past Brighton with points to spare, taking the game 65-47. The game marked the Rocks' most dominant win of the season.
Plymouth better keep an eye on Nye Turner. He was instrumental in Salem's win, dropping a double-double with 21 points and 11 boards. Turner is becoming a predictor of Salem's success: when he posts at least ten rebounds the team is undefeated (and 2-14 when he doesn't). The team also got some help courtesy of Mitch Paspal, who posted nine points and seven boards.
Plymouth's defeat dropped their record down to 7-13. As for Salem, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-14.
Plymouth couldn't quite finish off Salem when the teams last played back in January and fell 67-65. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Paspal, who dropped a double-double with 23 points and 12 rebounds. Now that Plymouth knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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