Mountain Pine and Cutter-Morning Star are an even 5-5 against one another since December of 2015, but not for long. The Mountain Pine Red Devils will head out on the road to face off against the Cutter-Morning Star Eagles at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Tuesday, Mountain Pine humbled Horatio with a 62-30 victory.
Meanwhile, Cutter-Morning Star waltzed into their match on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They were the clear victor by a 64-38 margin over the Bears. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 32nd, while the Bears are ranked 134th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Mountain Pine is also on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-8 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 40.8 points. As for Cutter-Morning Star, their victory bumped their record up to 23-1.
Mountain Pine came up short against Cutter-Morning Star when the teams last played on Monday, falling 55-47. Can Mountain Pine avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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