Basketball Game Preview: Poth Pirates vs. Karnes City Badgers

By Team Reports Feb 8, 2025, 1:39am

Basketball Preview: Poth Pirates vs. Karnes City Badgers

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Previous Games

01/24/25 - Away74-42 W
02/13/24 - Away64-40 W
01/26/24 - Home75-21 W
02/14/23 - Home79-37 W
01/27/23 - Away77-46 W
+ 5 more games

Poth has gone 8-2 against Karnes City recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Poth Pirates will host the Karnes City Badgers at 6:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Poth has six straight wins, Karnes City has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

On Friday, Poth made easy work of Nixon-Smiley and carried off a 64-39 victory.

Meanwhile, Karnes City was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Friday as they fell 58-53 to Stockdale.

Poth pushed their record up to 17-11 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.0 points over those games. As for Karnes City, they now have a losing record at 15-16.

Everything came up roses for Poth against Karnes City in their previous matchup two weeks ago, as the team secured a 74-42 victory. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Karnes City's Savion Nixon-Thompson, who posted 19 points and eight boards. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Poth still be able to contain Nixon-Thompson? There's only one way to find out.

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