The Merryville Panthers will venture away from home to take on the Tioga Indians at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Tioga took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Merryville, who comes in off a win.
Merryville is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They blew past DeRidder 97-53 on Friday. The victory was nothing new for the Panthers as they're now sitting on three straight.
Meanwhile, Tioga came up short against Wossman on Friday, falling 52-26. While losing is never fun, the Indians can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 80th, while the Wildcats are ranked third).
Merryville has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.3 points per game. As for Tioga, their defeat ended a four-game streak of away wins and brought them to 15-7.
Merryville suffered a grim 45-23 defeat to Tioga in their previous meeting back in December of 2023. Can Merryville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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