The Breaux Bridge Tigers will take on the Opelousas Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Last Tuesday, Breaux Bridge was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 50-49 to Beau Chene. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 249th, while the Gators are ranked 84th).
Meanwhile, Opelousas came tearing into Tuesday's matchup with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Bulldogs 55-33.
Opelousas pushed their record up to 13-4 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.0 points per game. As for Breaux Bridge, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 10-19.
Breaux Bridge lost to Opelousas at home by a decisive 72-56 margin in their previous meeting back in February of 2024. Can Breaux Bridge avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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