Basketball Game Preview: Pine Tree Pirates vs. Cumberland Academy Knights

The Pine Tree Pirates will square off against the Cumberland Academy Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Pine Tree will be strutting in after a victory while Cumberland Academy will be coming in after a defeat.

Last Friday, in a tight game that could have gone either way, Pine Tree made off with a 44-43 win over Carthage. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 544th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 1413th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Cumberland Academy came up short against Gilmer on Saturday and fell 81-69. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Tuesday (67), the Knights still had to take the loss.

Pine Tree's victory bumped their record up to 12-10. As for Cumberland Academy, their loss was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 7-14.

Everything came up roses for Pine Tree against Cumberland Academy in their previous meeting back in December of 2022, as the squad secured a 63-27 win. Will Pine Tree repeat their success, or does Cumberland Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.