Basketball Game Preview: Paradise Panthers vs. Valley View Eagles

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Previous Games

02/06/24 - Home	77-18 W
01/12/24 - Away	58-18 W
02/07/23 - Away	64-36 W
01/13/23 - Home	65-33 W
01/25/22 - Home	49-29 W
+ 3 more games

Paradise has gone 8-0 against Valley View recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Paradise Panthers will challenge the Valley View Eagles at 7:30 p.m. The timing is sure in Paradise's favor as the squad sits on six straight wins at home while Valley View has been banged up by four consecutive losses on the road.

It was a proper cat-fight when Paradise duked it out withWhitesboro on Tuesday. Paradise fell 65-56 to Whitesboro. The Panthers were down 51-28 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.

Meanwhile, Valley View had to suffer through a 62-31 loss at the hands of Whitesboro. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1201st, while the Bearcats are ranked 319th).

Paradise will have to keep a close watch on Zane Reynolds and Aaron Epperson, a pair of players who had a big impact on Valley View's prior game. Reynolds posted ten points and seven rebounds, while Epperson put up five points and eight rebounds.

Valley View's loss dropped their record down to 10-13. As for Paradise, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 18-6.

Everything came up roses for Paradise against Valley View in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, as the team secured a 77-18 win. In that matchup, Paradise amassed a halftime lead of 37-8, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.