Shelby and Mason County Central are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2021, but not for long. The Shelby Tigers will challenge the Mason County Central Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Shelby came up short against Oakridge on Tuesday, falling 69-43. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 635th, while the Eagles are ranked 302nd).
Meanwhile, after a string of three wins, Mason County Central's good fortune finally ran out on Tuesday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 34-33 to Orchard View. The game marked the Spartans' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Mason County Central's loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 5-5. As for Shelby, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 2-8.
Shelby came up short against Mason County Central in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, falling 63-53. Can Shelby avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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