Greenville lost against Georgiana two weeks ago and unfortunately they wound up with the same result on Saturday. The Greenville Tigers opened the new year with a less-than-successful 80-68 defeat to the Georgiana Panthers. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 309th, while the Panthers are ranked 96th).
Several Tigers players turned in solid performances despite ultimately coming up short. Perhaps the best among those players was Eriyon Roper, who posted 20 points in addition to seven rebounds and five assists. Another player making a difference was Kendre Bullard, who had ten points along with seven assists and five boards.
Greenville dropped their record down to 3-11 with the loss, which was their seventh straight on the road. As for Georgiana, they are on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-4 record this season.
Greenville will welcome Charles Henderson at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. As for Georgiana, they didn't take long to hit the court again: they've already played their next matchup, a 60-46 win against Southside on the 6th.
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