North Pontotoc is 2-8 against South Pontotoc since December of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The North Pontotoc Vikings will look to defend their home court against the South Pontotoc Cougars at 7:30 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.
Last Tuesday, North Pontotoc came up short against New Albany and fell 79-67. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (62), the Vikings still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, South Pontotoc was just a bucket shy of victory on Tuesday and fell 52-51 to Byhalia. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Cougars came into the game with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 100th, while the Indians are ranked 208th).
South Pontotoc's loss dropped their record down to 7-5. As for North Pontotoc, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-10.
North Pontotoc might still be hurting after the 55-32 loss they got from South Pontotoc when the teams last played back in February. Can North Pontotoc avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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