A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Holmes County Central Jaguars duke it out with the Canton Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday... Holmes County Central has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with four straight losses, while Canton will come in with three straight victories.
On Saturday, Holmes County Central came up short against Clinton and fell 39-26. While losing is never fun, the Jaguars can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 124th, while the Arrows are ranked 19th).
Meanwhile, Canton really took it to Provine for the full four quarters, racking up a 59-25 win. The Tigers pushed the score to 49-14 by the end of the third, a deficit the Rams cut but never quite recovered from.
Canton pushed their record up to 9-3 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 52.9 points per game. As for Holmes County Central, they now have a losing record at 4-5.
Holmes County Central didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Canton in their previous matchup back in February, but they still walked away with a 52-48 win. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was Canton's Shamira Morton, who dropped a double-double on 28 points and 15 rebounds. Now that she's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Holmes County Central still be able to contain Morton? There's only one way to find out.
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