After both having extra time off, the Okemah Panthers and the Henryetta Knights will dust off their jerseys to face off against one another at 8:00 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.
It was a proper cat-fight when Okemah faced off against Wewoka last Friday. Okemah came out on top against Wewoka by a score of 73-63.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Henryetta). They blew past Dove Science Academy 84-22 two weeks ago. The victory was nothing new for the Knights as they're now sitting on three straight.
Okemah better keep an eye on Skylar Greenhaw. He was instrumental in Henryetta's win, going 11 for 20 on his way to 28 points. Greenhaw's evening made it four games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of James Joslin, who went 6 of 7 en route to 12 points.
Okemah is on a roll lately: they've won three of their last four games, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 65.8 points per game. As for Henryetta, they now have a winning record of 4-3.
Okemah didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Henryetta when the teams last played on December 12th, but they still walked away with a 60-54 win. Will Okemah repeat their success, or does Henryetta have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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