The Flowery Branch Falcons will head out on the road to challenge the Cedar Shoals Jaguars at 8:30 p.m. on Friday.
Last Saturday, Flowery Branch came up short against Forsyth Central and fell 63-54. While losing is never fun, the Falcons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 307th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 151st).
Meanwhile, Cedar Shoals came tearing into Tuesday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10 points) and they left with even more momentum. They snuck past the Red Raiders with a 73-67 win.
Cedar Shoals is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.0 points per game. As for Flowery Branch, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost nine of their last 12 contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 7-10 record this season.
Flowery Branch was dealt a bruising 94-53 loss at the hands of Cedar Shoals in their previous matchup back in February of 2022. That matchup was all but decided by halftime, at which point Flowery Branch was down 41-20.
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