A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Myrtle Point Bobcats take on the Bandon Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday... Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with Myrtle Point sitting on seven straight wins and Bandon on six.
If Myrtle Point beats Bandon with 58 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two contests with that exact score. Myrtle Point took their game on Tuesday with ease, bagging a 58-28 victory over Reedsport. The Bobcats have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine matchups by 20 points or more this season.
Oakland typically has all the answers at home, but on Tuesday Bandon proved too difficult a challenge. They beat the Oakers by the very same score they won with in their prior game: 44-30.
Bandon is also on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 27.7 points per game. As for Myrtle Point, they pushed their record up to 17-4 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home.
Myrtle Point beat Bandon 45-36 when the teams last played back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for Myrtle Point 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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