The Stringer Red Devils just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Richton Rebels at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Stringer has given up an average of 54.4 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Stringer is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 76 points on Tuesday, they were much more limited against Resurrection Catholic on Thursday. They had to suffer through a 67-30 loss at the hands of the Eagles. While losing is never fun, the Red Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 278th, while the Eagles are ranked 72nd).
Meanwhile, Richton was just a bucket shy of victory on Thursday and fell 66-65 to Taylorsville. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game last Monday (64), the Rebels still had to take the loss.
Stringer has traveled a rocky road recently, having lost 12 of their last 14 contests. That's put a noticeable dent in their 4-16 record this season. As for Richton, their loss dropped their record down to 16-9.
Stringer came up short against Richton when the teams last played back in January, falling 60-56. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of the Rebels' Brandon Brown, who almost dropped a double-double with 24 points and nine rebounds. Now that the Red Devils know the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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