A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Normangee Panthers duke it out with the Lovelady Lions at 3:15 p.m. on Friday... Normangee has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the match with three straight losses, while Lovelady will come in with four straight wins.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 55-18, which was the final score in Normangee's tilt against Leon on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Panthers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1300th, while the Cougars are ranked 504th).
Meanwhile, Lovelady blew past Latexo, posting a 72-6 victory. The Lions have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won ten contests by 21 points or more this season.
Lovelady's win was their sixth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 18-4. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.5 points per game. As for Normangee, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-12.
Normangee came up short against Lovelady in their previous matchup back in December of 2023, falling 53-48. Can Normangee avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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