The Jasper Pirates will face off against the Lead Hill Tigers at 6:30 p.m. on Monday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Lead Hill will be up against a hot Jasper squad: the team just extended their winning streak to three. Jasper came out on top against Founders Classical Academy by a score of 63-52 on Saturday. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 89th, while Founders Classical Academy are ranked 255th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Lead Hill came tearing into Saturday's game with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 14.7 points), and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 60-51 win over the Yellowjackets.
Jasper better keep an eye on Noah Royce. He was instrumental in Lead Hill's win, going 9-for-19 en route to 23 points and six boards. The contest was Royce's sixth in a row with at least 15 points. Coda Lemon was another key player, putting up ten points and seven rebounds.
Lead Hill's victory was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 29-13. As for Jasper, their win bumped their record up to 29-7.
Jasper suffered a grim 69-46 defeat to Lead Hill in their previous matchup on February 4th. Can Jasper avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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