North Platte hasn't had much luck against Lathrop recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The North Platte Panthers will welcome the Lathrop Mules at 8:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (North Platte has six straight victories, Lathrop has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
If North Platte beats Lathrop with 51 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. North Platte beat Lawson on Tuesday by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 51-37.
Meanwhile, Lathrop lost to West Platte on the road by a 58-41 margin on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Mules can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 392nd, while the Bluejays are ranked 158th).
Lathrop's defeat dropped their record down to 7-16. As for North Platte, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 22-5.
North Platte strolled past Lathrop in their previous matchup back in February of 2024 by a score of 77-61. Will North Platte repeat their success, or does Lathrop have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
