The Fairfield Eagles will venture away from home to face off against the Ponder Lions at 5:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Ponder will be up against a hot Fairfield squad: the team just extended their winning streak to 11. Fairfield took their matchup on Tuesday with ease, bagging an 81-34 win over Westwood. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 99th, while the Panthers are ranked 1076th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Ponder waltzed into their game on Friday with 11 straight wins... but they left with 12. They blew past the Wildcats, posting an 89-7 victory. The Lions' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Ponder is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 26-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.8 points per game. As for Fairfield, they pushed their record up to 27-5 with the win, which was their seventh straight on the road.
Fairfield lost to Ponder on the road by a decisive 58-39 margin when the teams last played back in December of 2016. Can Fairfield avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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