A feisty cat fight will be fought when the McComb Tigers face off against the Lawrence County Cougars at 7:00 p.m. on Friday... McComb is coming into the contest on a six-game losing streak.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 78-38, which was the final score in McComb's tilt against Vicksburg on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 226th, while the Gators are ranked 73rd).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Lawrence County). They breezed by Hazlehurst to the tune of 79-44 on Tuesday. While the Cougars didn't have the best season last year (they finished 13-16), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Lawrence County has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a massive bump to their 7-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 60.9 points per game. As for McComb, their loss dropped their record down to 2-7.
McComb was able to grind out a solid win over Lawrence County when the teams last played back in November of 2023, winning 61-51. Will McComb repeat their success, or does Lawrence County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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