Basketball Preview: Avoyelles Mustangs vs. Grant Cougars
The Avoyelles Mustangs will challenge the Grant Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. Avoyelles will be strutting in after a victory while Grant will be coming in after a defeat.
Avoyelles is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took down Oak Hill 51-34 on Tuesday. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest win of the season.
Meanwhile, it was a proper cat-fight when Grant challenged Doyline last Thursday. Grant fell 75-63 to Doyline. The Cougars haven't had much luck with the Panthers recently, as the team's come up short the last three times they've met.
Grant might have lost, but man, A Sykes was a machine: he went 13 for 21 en route to 30 points plus two steals and two blocks. The team also got some help courtesy of A Sykes, who had nine points plus seven rebounds and two blocks.
The victory made it two in a row for Avoyelles and bumps their season record up to 3-1. As for Grant, their loss dropped their record down to 1-1.
Avoyelles was able to grind out a solid win over Grant when the teams last played back in December of 2023, winning 52-45. Will Avoyelles repeat their success, or does Grant have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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