Basketball Game Preview: Broken Arrow Tigers vs. Millwood Falcons

The Broken Arrow Tigers will take on the Millwood Falcons at 10:00 a.m. on Thursday. Broken Arrow is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 63.1 points per game this season.

Last Tuesday, Broken Arrow humbled Bartlesville with an 82-44 victory. The Tigers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four games by 22 points or more this season.

Broken Arrow had a senior duo take command as Macy Marraccini went 9 of 16 en route to 21 points along with seven rebounds and six assists and McKenzie Mathurin went 12 for 20 on her way to 29 points and eight rebounds. That makes it six consecutive games in which Mathurin has scored at least a third of Broken Arrow's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Rekiah Bowen, who almost dropped a double-double on 16 points and nine boards.

Broken Arrow smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 18 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in four consecutive matchups.

Meanwhile, Millwood didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Crossings Christian on Tuesday, but they still walked away with a 37-33 victory. Given the Falcons' advantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma basketball rankings (they are ranked 132nd, while the Knights are ranked 317th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Broken Arrow pushed their record up to 7-1 with the win, which was their tenth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.7 points per game. As for Millwood, they have been performing well recently as they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 4-2 record this season.

Everything went Broken Arrow's way against Millwood in their previous meeting back in January of 2023, as Broken Arrow made off with a 66-44 victory. Will Broken Arrow repeat their success, or does Millwood have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.