South Gallia and Southern are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2019, but not for long. The South Gallia Rebels will head out to challenge the Southern Tornadoes at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.
On Friday, South Gallia lost to Eastern on the road by a 67-53 margin. While losing is never fun, the Rebels can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 710th, while the Eagles are ranked 176th).
Meanwhile, Southern had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 8.6 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Friday. They walked away with a 63-54 victory over the Tomcats.
Southern has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won seven of their last eight contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season. As for South Gallia, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-12.
South Gallia beat Southern 57-49 in their previous matchup back in December of 2024. The rematch might be a little tougher for South Gallia since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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