Basketball Game Preview: Antlers Bearcats vs. Atoka Wampus Cats

The Antlers Bearcats will head out to take on the Atoka Wampus Cats at 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Antlers is coming into the contest on a five-game losing streak.

It was a proper cat-fight when Antlers faced off against Tushka on Tuesday. Antlers was dealt a 51-15 defeat at the hands of Tushka. While losing is never fun, the Bearcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma basketball rankings (they are ranked 422nd, while the Tigers are ranked 107th).

Meanwhile, Atoka was fully in charge on Tuesday, breezing past Coalgate 70-18. The matchup marked the Wampus Cats' most dominant victory of the season.

Atoka has been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-12 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.8 points over those games. As for Antlers, their loss dropped their record down to 5-16.

Antlers was dealt a bruising 55-15 defeat at the hands of Atoka in their previous meeting back in January. Can Antlers avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.