The Capital City Cavaliers will face off against the Smith-Cotton Tigers at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Capital City is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They walked away with a 67-59 victory over Jefferson City on Friday. The win was all the more spectacular given the Cavaliers' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 187th, while the Jays are ranked 25th).
Meanwhile, with a playoff win on the line, Smith-Cotton rose to the challenge on Friday. They snuck past the Pintos with a 61-57 victory. The win continues a trend for the Tigers in their matchups with the Pintos: they've now won three in a row.
Smith-Cotton's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 15-7. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.8 points over those games. As for Capital City, their win was their first in the district, bumping their district record up to 1-4 and their overall record up to 8-11.
Capital City couldn't quite finish off Smith-Cotton in their previous meeting back in February of 2023 and fell 49-47. Can Capital City avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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