Basketball Game Preview: Southport Cardinals vs. Martinsville Artesians

The Southport Cardinals will head out to take on the Martinsville Artesians at 1:30 p.m. on Saturday. Southport will be strutting in after a victory while Martinsville will be coming in after a loss.

Southport is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They breezed by Indianapolis Arsenal Technical to the tune of 78-10 last Monday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.

Kassie Mcmasters was her usual excellent self, shooting 7-for-12 from long range and dropping a double-double on 35 points and ten rebounds. She is also on a roll when it comes to steals, as she's now grabbed two or more in the last four games she's played. Nola Linson was another key player, going 5 for 10 on her way to 10 points in addition to five boards and three steals.

Meanwhile, Martinsville was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their sixth straight defeat. They took a 64-53 hit to the loss column at the hands of Springs Valley.

Southport will have to contain Mya Lewis as she made an impact in Martinsville's last game. She went 6 of 10 on her way to 17 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Ruby Murrell, who posted eight points.

Southport has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.4 points per game. As for Martinsville, their loss dropped their record down to 2-11.

Southport came up short against Martinsville in their previous meeting back in January of 2015, falling 49-43. Can Southport avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.