The Pleasant Home Eagles will take on the Straughn Tigers in a holiday battle at at 7:30 p.m. on Thursday. Pleasant Home knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past nine matchups -- so hopefully Straughn likes a good challenge.
Pleasant Home will head into Tuesday's contest hoping to keep the good times rolling: they proved they can win big on Monday (they won by 22) and on Tuesday they proved they can win the close ones too. They had just enough and edged McKenzie out 72-70. For those keeping track at home, that's the closest victory the Eagles have posted since January 26th.
Meanwhile, Straughn can finally bid farewell to their seven-game losing streak thanks to their game on Tuesday. They snuck past Pike County with a 40-35 win.
Pleasant Home pushed their record up to 9-0 with the victory, which was their third straight on the road. As for Straughn, their win ended a four-game drought on the road and puts them at 5-11.
Everything came up roses for Pleasant Home against Straughn in their previous meeting back in November, as the squad secured a 63-28 victory. Will Pleasant Home repeat their success, or does Straughn have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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