Basketball Game Preview: Boonville Pirates vs. Joplin Eagles

The Boonville Pirates and the Joplin Eagles will round out the year against one another at on Saturday. Boonville will be strutting in after a win while Joplin will be coming in after a defeat.

Last Tuesday, everything went Boonville's way against Fulton as Boonville made off with a 60-40 victory. The Pirates pushed the score to 51-30 by the end of the third, a deficit the Hornets cut but never quite recovered from.

Meanwhile, Joplin was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their eighth straight loss dating back to last season. They were six points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 53-47 heartbreaker at the hands of Carl Junction.

Joplin's defeat dropped their record down to 0-4. As for Boonville, their win bumped their record up to 5-2.