The Byers Lions are taking a road trip to take on the Horn Lake Eagles at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Byers is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing Falkner: they outscored them in every quarter. Byers came out on top against Falkner by a score of 48-39 on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Horn Lake had already won 12 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 19.2 points) and they went ahead and made it 13 on Tuesday. They blew past the Patriots, posting an 82-43 win. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 15th, while the Patriots are ranked 134th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Horn Lake's victory was their ninth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 23-4. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.8 points per game. As for Byers, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-11 record this season.
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