New Site has gone 8-1 against Red Bay recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The New Site Royals will square off against the Red Bay Tigers at 6:00 p.m. Hopefully New Site focused on turnovers this week as the team gave up 19 on Friday.
New Site will head into Friday's match out to bounce back: they lost a heartbreaker on Friday after a huge 32-point win in their prior game. They fell just short of Alcorn Central by a score of 56-53. That makes it the first time this season the Royals have let down their home crowd.
Despite the defeat, New Site saw an underclassman step up: sophomore Ayla Stanley scored 18 points in addition to five steals. Those five steals set a new season-high mark for Stanley. The team also got some help courtesy of Roxy Marshall, who scored seven points along with eight rebounds and three blocks.
Even though they lost, New Site smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with ten offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least ten offensive rebounds in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Red Bay can finally bid farewell to their eight-game losing streak dating back to last season thanks to their game on Saturday. They enjoyed a cozy 49-31 victory over Vina.
New Site's loss ended an eight-game streak of wins at home dating back to last season and dropped them to 3-2. As for Red Bay, the win got them back to even at 1-1.
Everything came up roses for New Site against Red Bay in their previous matchup back in February, as the squad secured a 57-26 victory. In that contest, New Site amassed a halftime lead of 36-13, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.
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