Amite County hasn't had much luck against South Pike recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Amite County Trojans will look to defend their home court against the South Pike Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this game.
Amite County is headed into Tuesday's contest looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their sixth straight game on Friday. They had to suffer through a 55-28 loss at the hands of North Pike. The Trojans were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 31-10.
Meanwhile, South Pike was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Saturday as they fell 33-27 to North Pike. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 185th, while the Jaguars are ranked 38th).
This is the second loss in a row for South Pike and nudges their season record down to 2-7. As for Amite County, their loss dropped their record down to 1-7.
Amite County was taken down by South Pike 55-20 in their previous meeting back in November. Can Amite County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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