Southern suffered their biggest defeat since December 10, 2024 on Wednesday. They came up short against the Tucker County Mountain Lions, falling 61-39. While losing is never fun, the Rams can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 166th in Maryland, while the Mountain Lions are ranked 13th in West Virginia).
Despite the loss, Southern still got an impressive performance from Brayden Upole, who posted six points.
Southern's loss ended a six-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 7-5. As for Tucker County, their win was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 13-1.
Southern and Paw Paw will face off at 2:00 p.m. on Thursday without much rest having both just played. Southern is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.1 points per game this season. As for Tucker County, they will take on Moorefield at 6:00 p.m. on February 6th.
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