The Red Bay Tigers and the Winfield Pirates will round out the year against one another at at 5:45 p.m. on Friday. Red Bay has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with four straight losses, while Winfield will come in with five straight victories.
Last Friday, Red Bay might have been a little too into the holiday spirit, gifting Humboldt an easy 86-66 win. Even if the Tigers couldn't come away with the victory, the high-scoring effort was a great turnaround for their offense, which had struggled int the games prior.
While Winfield didn't have the best season last year (they finished 10-13), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They walked away with a 52-43 win over South Lamar on Saturday. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 134th, while the Stallions are ranked 348th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Winfield's victory bumped their record up to 6-2. As for Red Bay, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-9.
Everything went Red Bay's way against Winfield in their previous matchup on December 5th, as Red Bay made off with a 67-45 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Red Bay since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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