The Salem Spartans and the Blacksburg Bruins will face off at 3:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Salem has six straight wins, Blacksburg has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Salem is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They greeted the New Year with with a 79-65 victory over Lord Botetourt. Given the Spartans' advantage in MaxPreps' Virginia basketball rankings (they are ranked 35th, while the Cavaliers are ranked 250th), the result on Friday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Blacksburg was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 51-45 to Alleghany.
Blacksburg's defeat dropped their record down to 2-7. As for Salem, they pushed their record up to 6-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight on the road.
Salem beat Blacksburg 72-63 when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Does Salem have another victory up their sleeve, or will Blacksburg turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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