Fort Cobb-Broxton is 7-1 against Carnegie since January of 2015, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Fort Cobb-Broxton Mustangs will head out on the road to face off against the Carnegie Wildcats at 8:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the pair will really light up the scoreboard.
Fort Cobb-Broxton had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 12.8 points), and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They beat Sterling by the very same score they won with last week: 55-49. Given Fort Cobb-Broxton's advantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma basketball rankings (they are ranked 34th, while Sterling is ranked 317th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Carnegie has made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six games by 20 points or more this season. They breezed by Mountain View-Gotebo at home to the tune of 75-14. Winning may never get old, but Carnegie sure is getting used to it with their fifth in a row.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Carnegie to victory, but perhaps none more so than Jalen Wallace, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 14 assists. The game was Wallace's eighth in a row with at least ten points. Duane Cavaness was another key contributor, dropping a double-double on 14 points and ten rebounds.
Fort Cobb-Broxton's victory bumped their record up to 7-2. As for Carnegie, their victory bumped their record up to 7-1.
Fort Cobb-Broxton strolled past Carnegie in their previous matchup back in December of 2022 by a score of 59-44. The rematch might be a little tougher for Fort Cobb-Broxton since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
