Preview: Oakland Patriots vs. Cookeville Cavaliers
Oakland is 0-6 against Cookeville since November of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Monday. The Oakland Patriots will be playing at home against the Cookeville Cavaliers at 7:30 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the pair posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Friday, Oakland didn't have too much trouble with Wilson Central at home as they won 56-38. Oakland pushed the score to 50-27 by the end of the third, a deficit Wilson Central cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Cookeville had already won 15 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24 points), and they went ahead and made it 16 on Friday. They claimed a resounding 67-17 victory over Riverdale at home. Cookeville has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 12 matchups by 20 points or more this season.
Oakland is on a roll lately: they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a massive bump to their 17-11 record this season. As for Cookeville, their victory was their 27th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 26-3.
Oakland might still be hurting after the 56-36 defeat they got from Cookeville when the teams last played back in December of 2023. Can Oakland avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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