The Ironton Fighting Tigers and the Southern Tornadoes will round out the year against one another at at 12:30 p.m. on Thursday. Ironton has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Southern is facing Ironton at the wrong time: Ironton suffered their first home loss of the season on Saturday and they're likely out for redemption. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 64-63 to the Senators. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (56), the Fighting Tigers still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Southern had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Monday. They breezed by the Marauders to the tune of 60-33. The Tornadoes have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four games by 27 points or more this season.
Southern's win was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 7-4. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.3 points per game. As for Ironton, their defeat ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 3-4.
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