A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Ouachita Parish Lions take on the Ruston Bearcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday... Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Ouachita Parish easily dispatched Pineville on Friday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Ouachita Parish fell just short of West Monroe by a score of 66-64 on Tuesday. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Lions came into the contest with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 20th, while the Rebels are ranked 76th).
Meanwhile, Ruston waltzed into their match on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They enjoyed a cozy 66-48 win over the Bulldogs.
Ouachita Parish better keep an eye on Ahmad Hudson. He was instrumental in Ruston's win, dropping a double-double on 24 points and 14 boards. Keshun Malcolm was another key player, putting up 13 points.
Ruston was working as a unit and finished the game with ten assists. That's the most assists they've posted since the start of last season.
Ruston pushed their record up to 12-4 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 68.3 points per game. As for Ouachita Parish, they moved to 19-8 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak.
Ouachita Parish took a serious blow against Ruston in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, falling 66-36. Can Ouachita Parish avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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