The Simmons Blue Devils will head out on the road to challenge the South Delta Bulldogs at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Simmons has struggled recently with three defeats in a row, while South Delta will arrive with five straight victories.
Last Wednesday, Simmons came up short against West Tallahatchie and fell 58-47. Simmons has struggled against West Tallahatchie recently, as their matchup on Wednesday was their fourth consecutive lost matchup.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the match if you win every quarter, and that was precisely South Delta's strategy against Leland on Tuesday. South Delta took down Leland 58-39. That's two games straight that South Delta has won by exactly 19 points.
Jamichael Green was his usual excellent self, dropping a double-double on 23 points and ten rebounds. He hasn't dropped below 15points for ten straight games. Another player making a difference was Amarion Sanders, who scored 17 points along with four steals.
Simmons dropped their record down to 6-10 with that loss, which was their sixth straight on the road. As for South Delta, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-5 record this season.
Simmons couldn't quite finish off South Delta in their previous meeting on January 5th and fell 72-69. Can Simmons avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
