Basketball Game Preview: Yazoo County Panthers vs. Booneville Blue Devils

The Yazoo County Panthers will challenge the Booneville Blue Devils at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Yazoo County is coming into the matchup hot, having won their last 13 games.

Yazoo County is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 47-44 win over Choctaw County.

Meanwhile, Booneville took their game on Friday with ease, bagging a 65-34 victory over Edwards. The Blue Devils have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten contests by 22 points or more this season.

Booneville is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 22-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 55.6 points over those games. As for Yazoo County, their win bumped their record up to 22-5.

Yazoo County took a serious blow against Booneville when the teams last played back in February of 2024, falling 55-26. Can Yazoo County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.