Ripley hosts New Albany in nonleague girls basketball game Jan. 3

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Ripley Tigers vs. New Albany Bulldogs — Saturday, Jan. 3, 2026, 6 p.m. Central

Ripley (home) hosts New Albany in a nonleague girls basketball matchup Saturday at Ripley, Miss. The game (full details: https://scorebooklive.com/mississippi/girls-basketball/games/5743595-new-albany-vs-ripley) is scheduled for 6 p.m. Central — the time listed on SBLive is in Pacific, so note the local start time in Ripley is 6 p.m. CT. Visit the teams on SBLive: Ripley Tigers — https://scorebooklive.com/mississippi/girls-basketball/teams/178111-ripley-tigers and New Albany Bulldogs — https://scorebooklive.com/mississippi/girls-basketball/teams/176288-new-albany-bulldogs.

A quick look: both teams enter the contest with 0-0 records on SBLive. Their most recent meeting came exactly one year earlier — Jan. 3, 2025 — when New Albany edged Ripley 50-45 in Ripley (game recap: https://scorebooklive.com/mississippi/girls-basketball/games/4724131-ripley-vs-new-albany). That tight finish suggests this rematch could be another close one; Ripley is the home side on Saturday.

Streaming and tickets

Watch/stream: both programs list NFHS Network pages for school coverage — Ripley: https://nfhsnetwork.com/schools/ripley-hs-ripley-ms/basketball?referrer_name=scorebooklive&utm_campaign=scorebooklive&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=scorebooklive; New Albany: https://nfhsnetwork.com/schools/new-albany-hs-new-albany-ms/basketball?referrer_name=scorebooklive&utm_campaign=scorebooklive&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=scorebooklive.

Ticketing: no school ticket links were provided on the SBLive game page.

How you can help the teams

On SBLive, Ripley has 41 fans and New Albany 19 fans right now. Picks on the game are open for fun fan engagement (both teams currently show zero picks). These numbers may change — follow the teams on SBLive to increase fan counts and cast a pick for the squad you want to see win. Note: picks are for entertainment and are not tied to win-chance projections.

Follow the game on SBLive for updates and lineups: https://scorebooklive.com/mississippi/girls-basketball/games/5743595-new-albany-vs-ripley