Having just played yesterday, the Union Redhawks will head out on the road to face off against the Bixby Spartans at 6:30 p.m. on Friday.
Union is probably headed into the contest with a chip on their shoulder considering Broken Arrow just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Thursday. They fell to the Tigers 45-40. While losing is never fun, the Redhawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma basketball rankings (they are ranked 31st, while the Tigers are ranked fifth).
Meanwhile, Bixby waltzed into their game on Tuesday with three straight wins... but they left with four. They beat the Wildcats by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 58-25. The Spartans have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won six matchups by 23 points or more this season.
Bixby pushed their record up to 11-2 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.0 points per game. As for Union, their loss ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 8-4.
Union couldn't quite finish off Bixby in their previous meeting back in February of 2024 and fell 56-53. Can Union avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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