The De Queen Leopards will venture away from home to challenge the Arkadelphia Badgers at 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
De Queen can't be too worried about heading out to take on Arkadelphia: they just beat Camden Fairview at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. De Queen was the clear victor by a 63-41 margin over Camden Fairview on Friday. Given the Leopards' advantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked eighth, while the Cardinals are ranked 76th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Arkadelphia). Everything went their way against Magnolia on Friday as Arkadelphia made off with an 81-58 victory. The Badgers have beaten the Panthers the last three times they've met, but they better watch out: this was the closest the Panthers has come to flipping the script.
The win (which was De Queen's fifth in a row) raised their record to 21-1. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 28.2 points. As for Arkadelphia, their victory bumped their record up to 17-5.
De Queen took their win against Arkadelphia when the teams last played back in January by a conclusive 76-54. The rematch might be a little tougher for De Queen since the squad 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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