Basketball Game Preview: East Central Cardinals vs. Muskogee Roughers

The East Central Cardinals will venture away from home to challenge the Muskogee Roughers at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.

Last Tuesday, everything went East Central's way against Claremore as East Central made off with a 79-53 victory.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Muskogee). They strolled past Ponca City with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 69-54. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Roughers.

East Central now has a winning record of 2-1. As for Muskogee, their win bumped their record up to 2-3.

East Central came up short against Muskogee when the teams last played back in December of 2022, falling 72-61. Can East Central avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.