The Southern Wayne Saints will face off against the Smithfield-Selma Spartans at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with three consecutive losses for Southern Wayne and 12 for Smithfield-Selma.
Southern Wayne is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against East Wake on Wednesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Southern Wayne came up short against East Wake, falling 83-63. While losing is never fun, the Saints can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 502nd, while the Warriors are ranked 138th).
Meanwhile, Smithfield-Selma lost to South Johnston on the road by a 60-43 margin on Thursday.
Southern Wayne's defeat dropped their record down to 4-15. As for Smithfield-Selma, their loss dropped their record down to 2-15.
Southern Wayne didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Smithfield-Selma when the teams last played back in January, but they still walked away with a 54-50 victory. Will Southern Wayne repeat their success, or does Smithfield-Selma have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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