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| 02/16/24 - Away | 68-65 W |
| 02/06/24 - Away | 83-69 W |
| 01/30/24 - Home | 55-52 W |
| 02/20/23 - Neutral | 80-53 W |
| 01/31/23 - Home | 85-34 W |
| + 3 more games |
Pearl-Cohn has gone 8-0 against LEAD Academy recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Pearl-Cohn Firebirds just played last yesterday, but they'll still welcome the LEAD Academy Panthers at 7:30 p.m. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a four-game winning streak alive.
On Thursday, Pearl-Cohn was fully in charge, breezing past White House 75-43. The game was pretty much decided by the half, when the score had already reached 50-14.
Meanwhile, LEAD Academy won against McKenzie last Tuesday with 71 points and they decided to stick to that point total again last Tuesday. LEAD Academy claimed a resounding 71-22 win over Trousdale County. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 164th, while the Yellowjackets are ranked 381st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pearl-Cohn pushed their record up to 7-7 with the victory, which was their fifth straight at home dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.0 points per game. As for LEAD Academy, their win bumped their record up to 13-11.
Pearl-Cohn skirted past LEAD Academy 68-65 when the teams last played back in February of 2024. One of the biggest obstacles the team faced in that game was LEAD Academy's Anthony Petway II, who went 12 of 22 on his way to 30 points. Now that he's got a second chance to win this matchup, will Pearl-Cohn still be able to contain Petway II? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
