Puckett is 1-9 against Pelahatchie since January of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Puckett Wolves will venture away from home to challenge the Pelahatchie Chiefs at 5:30 p.m. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Last Tuesday, Puckett didn't have too much trouble with Pisgah as they won 53-39. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Wolves.
Meanwhile, Pelahatchie had already won eight in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 33.9 points) and they went ahead and made it nine on Friday. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Dragons 64-17. Given the Chiefs' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Dragons are ranked 316th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Puckett pushed their record up to 11-13 with the victory, which was their third straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.0 points per game. As for Pelahatchie, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 23-2 record this season.
Puckett was dealt a bruising 75-34 defeat at the hands of Pelahatchie when the teams last played two weeks ago. Can Puckett avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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