The Richmond Red Devils will square off against the Fort Wayne South Side Archers at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Richmond is headed into the matchup having just suffered their closest defeat since December 7, 2024 on Saturday. They fell just short of Centerville by a score of 57-55. The Red Devils have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Fort Wayne South Side had already won three in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 10 points) and they went ahead and made it four on Friday. They took their contest with ease, bagging a 69-37 victory over the Saints. Given the Archers' advantage in MaxPreps' Indiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 56th, while the Saints are ranked 341st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Fort Wayne South Side is also on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.3 points per game. As for Richmond, their loss dropped their record down to 6-10.
Everything went Richmond's way against Fort Wayne South Side in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, as Richmond made off with a 64-42 win. Does Richmond have another victory up their sleeve, or will Fort Wayne South Side turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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