The South Point Pointers will face off against the Minford Falcons at 6:00 p.m. on Monday. Both teams are coming into the contest red-hot, with South Point sitting on four straight wins and Minford on 11.
Last Saturday, South Point earned a 61-51 victory over Expression Prep Academy. The win was all the more spectacular given the Pointers' disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 256th in Ohio, while the Lions are ranked 50th in West Virginia).
South Webster typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Minford proved too difficult a challenge. They walked away with a 71-62 victory over the Jeeps.
South Point's win was their fifth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 11-10. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.0 points over those games. As for Minford, their victory bumped their record up to 20-1.
Things could have been worse for South Point, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 63-47 loss to Minford when the teams last played back in January. Can South Point avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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