The DeQuincy Tigers will square off against the Rosepine Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Tuesday, DeQuincy earned a 62-52 victory over East Beauregard. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Tigers.
Meanwhile, Rosepine came tearing into Tuesday's match with 13 straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27.4 points) and they left with even more momentum. They secured a 65-59 W over the Lions. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 45th, while the Lions are ranked 228th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Rosepine pushed their record up to 17-3 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 76.9 points per game. As for DeQuincy, their victory bumped their record up to 8-5.
DeQuincy opened the new year with a less-than-successful 64-52 loss to Rosepine. Can DeQuincy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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