The Parchment Panthers will head out to face off against the Otsego Bulldogs at 7:00 p.m. on Monday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Parchment has six straight victories, Otsego has nine straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
If Parchment beats Otsego with 51 points on Monday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Parchment came out on top against Hackett Catholic Prep by a score of 51-42 on Friday. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Michigan basketball rankings (they are ranked 89th, while the Fighting Irish are ranked 220th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Otsego came up short against Paw Paw on Friday, falling 64-41.
Otsego's loss dropped their record down to 5-15. As for Parchment, their win bumped their record up to 19-3.
Parchment came out on top in a nail-biter against Otsego in their previous meeting back in March of 2022, sneaking past 58-55. Will Parchment repeat their success, or does Otsego have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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