The Crowley Gent will square off against the Northwest Raiders at TBD on Tuesday. Both teams come into the matchup bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
With a playoff game on the line, Crowley rose to the challenge on Friday. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Tigers and snuck past 41-39. The win made it back-to-back wins for Crowley.
Meanwhile, Northwest came tearing into Friday's match with three straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 15.3 points) and they left with even more momentum. They walked away with a 65-57 win over Church Point. Given Northwest's advantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 45th, while Church Point is ranked 217th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Crowley has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 11 of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-8 record this season. As for Northwest, their victory was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 25-6.
Crowley couldn't quite finish off Northwest when the teams last played back in December of 2019 and fell 56-53. Can Crowley avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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