Pepperell and Temple are an even 3-3 against one another since December of 2018, but not for long. The Pepperell Dragons will square off against the Temple Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
On Friday, Pepperell took a blow against Model, falling 62-10. The game marked the Dragons' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Temple has been a dominant force so far, but they're in the middle of a mini-slump at the moment. They took a 51-37 bruising from Heard County on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 163rd, while the Braves are ranked 50th).
Temple's loss dropped their record down to 14-7. As for Pepperell, they dropped their record down to 6-16 with the defeat, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Pepperell came up short against Temple in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, falling 52-47. Can Pepperell avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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