The Tupelo Christian Prep Eagles will face off against the Coffeeville Pirates at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Tupelo Christian Prep is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They secured a 56-50 W over Okolona. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Eagles.
Meanwhile, Coffeeville came tearing into Tuesday's match with ten straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 36.1 points) and they left with even more momentum. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Blue Devils 71-21. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 91st, while the Blue Devils are ranked 243rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Coffeeville's win was their ninth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 19-6. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.4 points over those games. As for Tupelo Christian Prep, they now have a winning record of 12-11.
Tupelo Christian Prep took a serious blow against Coffeeville in their previous meeting back in January of 2015, falling 98-40. That game was all but decided by halftime, at which point Tupelo Christian Prep was down 46-17.
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