Basketball Recap: Pembroke Hill Gets Big Victory over Higher-Ranked Oak Grove

After losing to Oak Grove the last time they met, Pembroke Hill decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The Pembroke Hill Raiders managed a 45-39 victory over the Oak Grove Panthers on Friday. The win was all the more spectacular given the Raiders' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 354th, while the Panthers are ranked 122nd).

Raiders

Previous 5 Games

01/17/25 @ Oak Grove	45-39
01/16/25 vs Marshall	50-41
01/14/25 vs Grandview	30-54
01/09/25 vs Blue Valley Southwest	22-51
01/03/25 @ Heritage Christian Academy	50-53

Pembroke Hill's victory ended a three-game drought on the road and puts them at 4-7. As for Oak Grove, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 7-3.

Pembroke Hill has already played their next matchup (against St. Pius X), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Oak Grove Panthers face off against the Wellington-Napoleon Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The timing isn't great for Wellington-Napoleon: they have been struggling with three straight losses at home, while Oak Grove has snatched up six consecutive wins on the road dating back to last season.