Preview: Meade Buffaloes vs. Pawnee Heights Tigers
The Meade Buffaloes will look to defend their home court on Tuesday against the Pawnee Heights Tigers at 6:30 p.m. Meade will be looking to extend their current three-game winning streak.
Last Saturday, Meade beat Ingalls 56-46.
Meade's win was a true team effort, with many players turning in solid performances. Perhaps the best among them was Sayler Stapleton, who scored 22 points along with two steals. Stapleton has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times she's played. The team also got some help courtesy of Dallas Sherman, who scored 11 points along with five steals.
Meanwhile, Pawnee Heights was just a bucket shy of victory on Saturday and fell 47-46 to Spearville. While losing is never fun, Pawnee Heights can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Kansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 160th, while Spearville is ranked 36th).
Meade is on a roll lately: they've won five of their last six matches, which provided a massive bump to their 5-4 record this season. As for Pawnee Heights, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 4-4.
Meade beat Pawnee Heights 40-32 in their previous matchup back in January of 2023. Will Meade repeat their success, or does Pawnee Heights have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
