Perrin-Whitt is 1-9 against Newcastle since January of 2016 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Perrin-Whitt Pirates will take on the Newcastle Bobcats at 6:00 p.m. Both are strolling into their matches after big wins in their previous games.
On Tuesday, Perrin-Whitt made easy work of Bryson and carried off a 45-22 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Pirates.
Meanwhile, Newcastle had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 29.7 points) and they went ahead and made it 11 on Tuesday. They blew past the Greyhounds, posting a 61-29 win. Given the Bobcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 401st, while the Greyhounds are ranked 914th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Perrin-Whitt has also been performing well recently as they've won seven of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 13-13 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 29.3 points per game. As for Newcastle, they pushed their record up to 17-8 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road.
Perrin-Whitt might still be hurting after the 55-33 defeat they got from Newcastle in their previous matchup two weeks ago. Can Perrin-Whitt avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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