Basketball Game Preview: Yazoo City Indians vs. Yazoo County Panthers

Indians

Points

12/09/25 @ Northwest Rankin	47
12/05/25 @ Yazoo County	55
12/02/25 @ Vicksburg	57
11/29/25 vs Canton	52
11/25/25 vs Amanda Elzy	64
+ 9 more games

Yazoo City has gone 9-1 against Yazoo County recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Indians will be playing in front of their home fans against the Panthers at 7:30 p.m. Yazoo City is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 60.2 points per game this season.

Yazoo City is headed into Friday's contest hungry for a win as their strong season has now been derailed by two straight defeats. They were a single point away from ending the streak, but they lost a 48-47 heartbreaker at the hands of Northwest Rankin.

Travis Jones put forth a good effort for the losing side as he posted 21 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Keiron Davis, who earned nine points.

Meanwhile, Yazoo County was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Tuesday as they fell 64-58 to Raymond. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (57), the Panthers still had to take the loss.

Yazoo City will have to contain Amari Southern as he made an impact in Yazoo County's last game. He went 8-for-18 on his way to 21 points and seven boards. Southern's big performance that evening made it three games in a row in which he has scored at least 16 points. Kezyron Young was another key player, shooting 50% from the field to rack up 12 points and six rebounds.

Yazoo City's loss dropped their record down to 9-5. As for Yazoo County, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-5.

Some high-performance offense is likely on the agenda as the two teams are some of the highest-scoring teams around. Yazoo City hasn't had any problem running up the score this season, having averaged 60.2 points per game. However, it's not like Yazoo County struggles in that department as they've been averaging 64.1 points. With both teams so easily able to put up points, the only question left is who can put up more.

Yazoo City couldn't quite finish off Yazoo County in their previous meeting on Friday and fell 57-55. Will the Indians have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.