The Pontotoc Warriors are taking a road trip to square off against the Corinth Warriors at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Pontotoc has been getting the ball to fall more lately as they've increased their point totals each of their last three games.
Pontotoc is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Clarksdale just ended the team's eight-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of the Wildcats by a score of 69-66. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Saturday (61), the Warriors still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Corinth hadn't done well against West Point recently (they were 0-3 in their previous three matchups), but they didn't let the past get in their way on Tuesday. Corinth walked away with a 53-44 win over West Point. Winning may never get old, but the Warriors sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Pontotoc's defeat ended a three-game streak of away wins and brought them to 16-9. As for Corinth, their victory bumped their record up to 5-14.
Pontotoc strolled past Corinth when the teams last played two weeks ago by a score of 73-54. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pontotoc since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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