The Austin Black Bears will head out to square off against the Florence Falcons at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Austin is coming into the game on a three-game losing streak.
Last Tuesday, Austin came up short against Hartselle and fell 45-35. While losing is never fun, the Black Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 169th, while the Tigers are ranked seventh).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Florence). They came out on top against Russellville by a score of 79-66 on Tuesday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Falcons.
Florence's win bumped their record up to 13-11. As for Austin, their loss dropped their record down to 6-18.
Austin came up short against Florence in their previous meeting on January 7th, falling 60-53. Can Austin avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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