The Moody Blue Devils and the Paul W. Bryant Stampede will compete for holiday cheer at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday. Paul W. Bryant took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Moody, who comes in off a win.
Moody saw some tournament action on Thursday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against Northridge, sneaking past 43-41. The 43-point effort marked the Blue Devils' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Meanwhile, after a string of seven wins, Paul W. Bryant's good fortune finally ran out on Friday. They took a 58-46 hit to the loss column at the hands of Mortimer Jordan. While losing is never fun, the Stampede can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 115th, while the Blue Devils are ranked 22nd).
Moody is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.8 points per game. As for Paul W. Bryant, their loss was their first in the region, dropping their region record down to 2-1 and their overall record down to 10-6.
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