The Eupora Eagles will challenge the Leflore County Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Eupora is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Tuesday. They walked away with a 75-68 victory over Hamilton.
Meanwhile, Leflore County had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.3 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Tuesday. They were the clear victor by a 67-47 margin over the Blue Devils. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 72nd, while the Blue Devils are ranked 242nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Leflore County's win bumped their record up to 19-7. As for Eupora, their victory bumped their record up to 19-10.
Eupora suffered a grim 79-57 defeat to Leflore County when the teams last played back in January of 2019. Can Eupora avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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