Southern Nash hasn't had much luck against Franklinton recently, but that could start to change on Tuesday. The Southern Nash Firebirds will look to defend their home court against the Franklinton Red Rams at 6:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.
Southern Nash is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took a 75-67 hit to the loss column at the hands of Wilson Prep on Saturday. While losing is never fun, the Firebirds can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' North Carolina basketball rankings (they are ranked 214th, while the Tigers are ranked 85th).
Meanwhile, Franklinton was just a bucket shy of victory on Friday and fell 36-35 to Rocky Mount. The Red Rams have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Southern Nash will have to contain Meredith Wilkins as she made an impact in Franklinton's last game. She posted 20 points. The dominant performance gave Wilkins a new career-high in points.
Southern Nash's loss ended a four-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 6-6. As for Franklinton, their defeat was their first in the conference, dropping their conference record down to 3-1 and their overall record down to 6-6.
Southern Nash was taken down by Franklinton 62-32 when the teams last played back in February of 2024. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Southern Nash was down 38-15.
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