The Rosa Fort Lions and the Hillcrest Vikings will round out the year against one another at at 2:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Rosa Fort's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points every time they've taken the court this season.
Rosa Fort will bounce into Friday's match after beating North Panola, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Rosa Fort sure made it a nail-biter, but they managed to escape with a 72-69 victory over North Panola on Tuesday. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 42nd, while the Cougars are ranked 156th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hillcrest). They took down Soulsville 80-66 on Monday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Vikings.
Hillcrest's win bumped their record up to 4-5. As for Rosa Fort, they pushed their record up to 11-1 with the victory, which was their sixth straight on the road.
Rosa Fort strolled past Hillcrest in their previous meeting back in November by a score of 84-69. The rematch might be a little tougher for Rosa Fort since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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