A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Pine Grove Panthers duke it out with the Houlka Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday...
Last Tuesday, Pine Grove lost to Falkner on the road by a 51-36 margin. The game marked the Panthers' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Meanwhile, Houlka waltzed into their contest on Tuesday with seven straight wins... but they left with eight. They came out on top against the Trojans by a score of 61-49. Given the Wildcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 110th, while the Trojans are ranked 287th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Houlka is also on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.1 points per game. As for Pine Grove, their defeat was their first in the district, dropping their district record down to 6-1 and their overall record down to 12-8.
Pine Grove didn't have too much breathing room in their matchup against Houlka in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, but they still walked away with a 47-42 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Pine Grove since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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