Plano East is 2-8 against Allen since February of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Plano East Panthers will challenge the Allen Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Plano East comes in on seven and Allen on 19.
It was a proper cat-fight when Plano East faced off against McKinney on Friday. Plano East took down McKinney 63-45. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 13th, while the Lions are ranked 125th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Allen was fully in charge on Friday, breezing past McKinney Boyd 87-60. The Eagles have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 16 contests by 21 points or more this season.
Plano East's victory was their 23rd straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 23-4. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.9 points per game. As for Allen, their win bumped their record up to 27-1.
Plano East was dealt a bruising 80-46 loss at the hands of Allen in their previous meeting back in January. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Allen's Trent Pane, who went 9 for 13 en route to 23 points in addition to eight rebounds and five steals. Now that Plano East knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.
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