The Blount Leopards are taking a road trip to challenge the Saraland Spartans at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.
Blount is headed into Friday's game hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They fell 45-34 to Mary G. Montgomery on Saturday. The match marked the Leopards' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Saraland came tearing into Thursday's game with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 13.8 points) and they left with even more momentum. They breezed by the Chieftains to the tune of 61-31. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Chieftains are ranked 341st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Saraland has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 15-2 record this season. As for Blount, their loss dropped their record down to 10-5.
Blount came up short against Saraland in their previous matchup back in January, falling 49-36. Can Blount avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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