The Princeton Panthers will venture away from home to square off against the Prosper Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. Princeton is no doubt hoping to put an end to a nine-game streak of away losses dating back to last season.
Having struggled with five losses in a row, Princeton finally turned things around against Plano West on Friday. They came out on top against the Wolves by a score of 35-28.
A big part of Princeton's victory came down to the chemistry between Marcus Flowers and his top target Jakeylen Perkins. Flowers threw for 422 yards and two touchdowns while Perkins gained 94 total yards and three touchdowns. A healthy portion of Flowers' aerial production (102 yards to be exact) went to Abdullhi Mahdi.
Princeton didn't go easy on the quarterback and picked off two passes before the game was over. The picks came courtesy of Nicholas Willis and Cameron Drake. Willis also set a new season high mark in total tackles with six.
Meanwhile, Prosper faced Allen in a battle between two of the state's top teams on Friday. Prosper took a hard 22-7 fall against Allen. The game marked Prosper's lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Princeton's win bumped their record up to 2-6. As for Prosper, they moved to 6-2 with that defeat, which also ended their six-game winning streak.
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