Basketball Game Preview: The Colony Cougars vs. Turner Lions

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Previous Games

01/14/25 - Away	71-40 W
02/09/24 - Away	76-55 W
01/17/24 - Home	76-48 W
02/10/23 - Home	76-52 W
01/17/23 - Away	59-41 W
+ 5 more games

The Colony is 10-0 against Turner since January of 2017 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. A feisty cat fight is on tap when the The Colony Cougars challenge the Turner Lions at 7:15 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (The Colony has seven straight victories, Turner has 11 straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

If The Colony beats Turner with 83 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. The Colony blew past Lone Star 83-45 on Tuesday. The game marked the Cougars' most dominant win of the season.

Meanwhile, Turner played a tough contest on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They took a blow against Wakeland, falling 72-29. The Lions were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 37-16.

The Colony will have to keep a close watch on Matthew Stone and Sahil Anand, a pair of players who had a big impact on Turner's prior game. Stone posted eight points and five boards, while Anand put up five points.

The Colony pushed their record up to 22-10 with the victory, which was their sixth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.2 points per game. As for Turner, their loss dropped their record down to 12-15.

Everything came up roses for The Colony against Turner when the teams last played back in January, as the team secured a 71-40 win. In that matchup, The Colony amassed a halftime lead of 45-16, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.