Having just played yesterday, the North Central Texas Academy Pioneers will head out on the road to face off against the Eagle Mountain Knights at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
North Central Texas Academy took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Monday. They enjoyed a cozy 62-48 win over Polytechnic. Given the Pioneers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 160th, while the Parrots are ranked 866th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Eagle Mountain had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They skirted past the Bobcats 50-47.
North Central Texas Academy pushed their record up to 18-4 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.3 points per game. As for Eagle Mountain, they have been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-2 record this season.
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