The Florence Eagles will square off against the Natchez Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both have had a bumpy ride up to this point with four consecutive losses for Florence and three for Natchez.
Florence is likely headed into the contest with a focus on the second half, which is when things went downhill against Brookhaven on Friday. Florence fell 62-50 to Brookhaven.
Meanwhile, Natchez lost to South Jones at home by a 57-42 margin on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Bulldogs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 96th, while the Braves are ranked 11th).
Natchez's loss ended a five-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 13-8. As for Florence, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-6.
Florence opened the new year with a less-than-successful 60-50 loss to Natchez. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Natchez's Daylan Haywood, who posted 32 points. Now that Florence knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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