Basketball Game Preview: Spurger Pirates vs. High Island Cardinals

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Previous Games

01/14/25 - Home	80-23 W
01/30/24 - Away	50-47 W
01/05/24 - Home	56-34 W
01/31/23 - Home	93-45 W
01/06/23 - Away	58-35 W
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Spurger has gone 9-1 against High Island recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Spurger Pirates will challenge the High Island Cardinals at 6:00 p.m. Spurger is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 56 points per game this season.

Spurger is headed into the match out to prove that what happened against Brookeland on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Spurger was beaten by Brookeland 94-54. The Pirates haven't had much luck with the Wildcats recently, as the team's come up short the last eight times they've met.

Despite the defeat, Spurger had strong showings from Landon Heim, who posted 16 points, and Kade Ford, who had 13 points.

Meanwhile, High Island was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They received a blow as they fell 58-41 to Hull-Daisetta.

Spurger's defeat ended a five-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-8. As for High Island, their loss dropped their record down to 4-23.

Everything came up roses for Spurger against High Island in their previous meeting back in January, as the team secured an 80-23 win. In that contest, Spurger amassed a halftime lead of 33-12, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Friday.