Basketball Preview: Leflore County Tigers vs. Amanda Elzy Panthers
Leflore County is 0-10 against Amanda Elzy since December of 2015 but things could change on Thursday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Leflore County Tigers take on the Amanda Elzy Panthers at 6:00 p.m. Leflore County will be strutting in after a victory while Amanda Elzy will be coming in after a loss.
Leflore County is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They simply couldn't be stopped on Thursday as they easily beat Coffeeville 46-16. The Tigers pushed the score to 45-10 by the end of the third, a deficit the Pirates cut but never quite recovered from.
Antionette Holston continued her habit of posting crazy stat lines, earning ten points along with six rebounds and four steals. The team also got some help courtesy of Malia Dixon, who had 12 points along with five rebounds.
Leflore County was working as a unit and finished the game with 13 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Amanda Elzy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fifth straight defeat. They lost to Greenville on the road by a 43-26 margin.
The win made it two in a row for Leflore County and bumps their season record up to 3-1. As for Amanda Elzy, their loss dropped their record down to 1-5.
Things could have been worse for Leflore County, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 48-30 loss to Amanda Elzy when the teams last played back in December of 2023. Can Leflore County avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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