Basketball Game Preview: Muscle Shoals Trojans vs. Athens Golden Eagles

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Previous Games

01/03/25 - Away	65-49 W
02/07/24 - Home	62-60 W
01/24/24 - Home	62-46 W
01/05/24 - Away	62-46 W
12/14/21 - Away	62-54 W
+ 5 more games

Muscle Shoals has gone 9-1 against Athens recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Muscle Shoals Trojans will be playing in front of their home fans against the Athens Golden Eagles at 7:30 p.m. Muscle Shoals knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past four contests -- so hopefully Athens likes a good challenge.

Muscle Shoals is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took their match on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 67-30 victory over Decatur. Given the Trojans' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Red Raiders are ranked 180th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Athens was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Tuesday as they fell 55-51 to East Limestone.

Muscle Shoals is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.8 points per game. As for Athens, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-5.

Muscle Shoals strolled past Athens in their previous meeting two weeks ago by a score of 65-49. Does Muscle Shoals have another victory up their sleeve, or will Athens turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.