Florence is on a five-game streak of home losses, Schulenburg a five-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck is about to change. The Florence Buffaloes will take on the Schulenburg Shorthorns at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Last Saturday, it was a hard-fought game, but Florence had to settle for a 35-33 defeat against Bartlett.
Despite the loss, Florence saw an underclassman step up: Emerson Herring scored 15 points. Herring scored a full 45.5% of Florence's points, the second time in a row she's earned more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kaylie Hamm, who scored 6 points.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 45-8, which was the final score in Schulenburg's tilt against Lexington on Saturday. Schulenburg was in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 26-3.
Even though they lost, Schulenburg were smashing the offensive glass and finished the game with 13 offensive rebounds. This was only their tenth loss (out of 12 games) when they hit their own glass that hard.
Florence's loss dropped their record down to 2-11. As for Schulenburg, they have been struggling recently, as they've lost ten of their last 11 matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 2-14 record this season.
Tuesday's contest is shaping up to be a scrappy match: Florence haven't given up the ball easily this season, having only averaged 0 turnovers per game. It's a different story for Schulenburg, though, as they've been averaging 34.1 per game. Given Florence's sizeable advantage in that area, Schulenburg will need to find a way to close that gap. Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
