The Josey Eagles will square off against the Statesboro Blue Devils at 2:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Josey is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Thomson just ended the team's five-game winning streak on Friday. They fell 61-49 to the Bulldogs.
Meanwhile, Statesboro played a tough matchup on Saturday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They lost 64-40 to Brunswick. While losing is never fun, the Blue Devils can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 216th, while the Pirates are ranked 82nd).
This is the second loss in a row for Statesboro and nudges their season record down to 8-10. As for Josey, their loss ended an 11-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 13-3.
Josey couldn't quite finish off Statesboro in their previous matchup back in December of 2021 and fell 38-35. Can Josey avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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