The Nanih Waiya Warriors will take on the Simmons Blue Devils at 4:00 p.m. on Friday. Nanih Waiya is coming into the match hot, having won their last 13 games.
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Nanih Waiya had no problem doing just that on Monday. They enjoyed a cozy 56-42 victory over the Wildcats. Given Nanih Waiya's advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 88th, while Salem is ranked 313th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, you can't lose the contest if you win every quarter, and that was precisely Simmons' strategy against Leake County on Monday. Simmons took down Leake County 61-44. The victory made it back-to-back wins for Simmons.
Nanih Waiya's win was their tenth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 24-2. As for Simmons, they are on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 17-9 record this season.
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