On Thursday, Orange Beach came up short against Southside and fell 45-35. While losing is never fun, Orange Beach can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 140th, while Southside is ranked 29th).
Southside was led to victory by Madison Shaw and Grace Anne rose. Shaw scored 13 points, while Anne rose scored 14 points along with nine rebounds. The matchup was Shaw's tenth in a row with at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Laylah Davis, who scored five points.
Orange Beach's loss dropped their record down to 8-10. As for Southside, the victory was the sixth in a row for them, bringing their record for this year to 13-2.
Orange Beach will wrap up 2023 with a road trip to face off against Briarwood Christian at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday. Southside and Hueytown will round out the year against one another at 2:30 p.m. on Thursday at. One thing working in Hueytown's favor is that they have posted big point totals in their last three matchups.
