The Gardendale Rockets will head out on the road to square off against the Pleasant Grove Spartans at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Gardendale is coming into the match on a three-game losing streak.
Last Friday, Gardendale had to suffer through a 74-46 loss at the hands of Clay-Chalkville. While losing is never fun, the Rockets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 192nd, while the Cougars are ranked 17th).
Meanwhile, you can't lose the game if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Pleasant Grove's strategy against Oak Grove on Monday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that Pleasant Grove blew Oak Grove out of the water with an 82-35 final score. The contest was all but wrapped up at the end of the third, by which point the Spartans had established a 41 point advantage.
Pleasant Grove moved to 8-13-1 with that win, which also ended their four-game losing streak. As for Gardendale, their loss dropped their record down to 8-16.
Gardendale was able to grind out a solid victory over Pleasant Grove in their previous meeting back in November of 2024, winning 69-59. The rematch might be a little tougher for Gardendale since the squad 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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