The Palmetto Mustangs will square off against the Southside Christian Sabres at 8:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with five consecutive losses for Palmetto and four for Southside Christian.
Last Friday, Palmetto was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 67-61 to St. Joseph's Catholic. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (55), the Mustangs still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Southside Christian didn't have quite enough to beat Christ Church Episcopal on Friday and fell 51-48. While losing is never fun, the Sabres can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' South Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 152nd, while the Cavaliers are ranked 41st).
Palmetto's loss dropped their record down to 6-9. As for Southside Christian, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-9.
Palmetto was dealt a bruising 66-38 loss at the hands of Southside Christian when the teams last played back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Southside Christian's Ned Murphy, who dropped a double-double on 20 points and 12 boards. Now that Palmetto knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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