Shelley and Sugar-Salem are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2020, but not for long. The Shelley Russets will take on the Sugar-Salem Diggers in a holiday battle at at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Shelley has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the contest with six straight defeats, while Sugar-Salem will come in with three straight victories.
Shelley is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They lost to Bonneville on the road by a 74-56 margin on Thursday.
Meanwhile, Sugar-Salem strolled past Columbia with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 69-55. That looming 69-55 mark stands out as the most commanding margin for the Diggers yet this season.
Sugar-Salem's win bumped their record up to 3-1. As for Shelley, their loss dropped their record down to 0-4.
Shelley was able to grind out a solid victory over Sugar-Salem when the teams last played back in January, winning 66-57. Will Shelley repeat their success, or does Sugar-Salem have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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