LEAD Academy is 0-8 against Pearl-Cohn since January of 2022 but things could change on Friday. The LEAD Academy Panthers are taking a road trip to take on the Pearl-Cohn Firebirds at 7:30 p.m. After both made easy work of their previous opponents, one won't be so lucky on Friday.
If LEAD Academy beats Pearl-Cohn with 71 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. LEAD Academy simply couldn't be stopped last Tuesday as they easily beat Trousdale County 71-22. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 164th, while the Yellowjackets are ranked 381st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Pearl-Cohn waltzed into their match on Thursday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They took their game with ease, bagging a 75-43 win over the Blue Devils. The Firebirds pushed the score to 70-32 by the end of the third, a deficit the Blue Devils cut but never quite recovered from.
Pearl-Cohn pushed their record up to 7-7 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.0 points per game. As for LEAD Academy, the win (which was their fourth in a row) raised their record to 13-11.
LEAD Academy couldn't quite finish off Pearl-Cohn in their previous matchup back in February of 2024 and fell 68-65. Can LEAD Academy avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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