The Carlisle Indians will head out to square off against the Overton Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Carlisle has struggled recently with 12 defeats in a row, while Overton will arrive with four straight victories.
Carlisle is headed into the contest out to prove that what happened against Cushing on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Carlisle came up short against Cushing, falling 54-31.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Overton). They took their matchup on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 76-36 win over New Summerfield. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 400th, while the Hornets are ranked 1445th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Overton pushed their record up to 7-3 with the victory, which was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 23.7 points. As for Carlisle, their loss dropped their record down to 2-13.
Carlisle came up short against Overton in their previous matchup back in February, falling 42-37. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Overton's Bryce Still, who went 7 for 12 on his way to 18 points and four steals. Now that Carlisle knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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