Southeast hasn't had much luck against Newton Falls recently, but that could start to change on Thursday. The Southeast Pirates will head out to challenge the Newton Falls Tigers at 7:00 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
On Monday, Southeast blew past Liberty, posting a 58-30 victory.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Newton Falls). They breezed by Champion to the tune of 75-41 on Monday. The win was familiar territory for the Tigers who have now won three games in a row.
Newton Falls has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 8-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.7 points per game. As for Southeast, their victory was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 7-5.
Southeast came up short against Newton Falls in their previous matchup back in January of 2024, falling 44-35. Thankfully for Southeast, Jabriel Rufai (who dropped a double-double on 12 points and ten boards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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