Basketball Game Preview: Knob Noster Panthers vs. Harrisonville Wildcats

A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Knob Noster Panthers duke it out with the Harrisonville Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday... Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.

Knob Noster took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They came out on top against Pleasant Hill by a score of 65-55.

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Harrisonville). They took down Adrian 66-47 on Tuesday. The Wildcats pushed the score to 56-30 by the end of the third, a deficit the Blackhawks cut but never quite recovered from.

Knob Noster's victory bumped their record up to 2-4. As for Harrisonville, the win snapped their losing streak at four games dating back to last season and leaves them with a 1-3 record.

Knob Noster came up short against Harrisonville in their previous meeting back in December of 2023, falling 68-63. Can Knob Noster avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.