The Aurora Houn Dawgs will take on the Claremore Zebras in a tournament on Thursday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Aurora has four straight wins, Claremore has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
If Aurora beats Claremore with 48 points on Thursday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Aurora walked away with a 48-39 victory over Bolivar on Thursday. Given the Houn Dawgs' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 47th, while the Liberators are ranked 189th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Claremore came up short against Bishop Kelley on Tuesday and fell 47-34.
Aurora will need focus on slowing down Asia Roper, one of several Claremore players who made an impact when they last played. She posted 13 points. That was a full 38.2% of Claremore's points, marking the third time in a row she's put up more than a third of the team's points. Another player making a difference was Autumn Roper, who went 5 of 12 en route to 13 points.
Claremore's defeat dropped their record down to 5-10. As for Aurora, their win bumped their record up to 10-3.
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