The Salina Wildcats will head out on the road to challenge the Jay Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Salina is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
Salina is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 64 points on Monday, they were much more limited against Inola on Tuesday. They were beaten by the Longhorns 67-28.
Meanwhile, Jay was just a bucket shy of victory on Tuesday and fell 39-38 to Grove. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma basketball rankings (they are ranked 385th, while the Ridgerunners are ranked 171st).
Salina's loss dropped their record down to 1-7. As for Jay, their defeat dropped their record down to 2-7.
Salina took a serious blow against Jay when the teams last played back in December of 2016, falling 68-41. Thankfully for Salina, Garrett Sweeney (who posted 16 points in addition to eight boards and five steals) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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