Paynesville is 1-7 against Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta since January of 2015 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Thursday. The Paynesville Bulldogs will square off against the Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta Tigers at 7:00 p.m. Paynesville knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past ten matchups -- so hopefully Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta likes a good challenge.
Paynesville is headed into the contest having just posted their biggest victory since February 26, 2024 on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Royalton as Paynesville made off with a 79-54 win.
Meanwhile, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta ended up a good deal behind Cherry on Saturday and lost 78-64. While losing is never fun, Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Minnesota basketball rankings (they are ranked 124th, while Cherry is ranked fifth).
Paynesville now has a winning record of 7-6. As for Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 6-5.
Paynesville and Morris Area/Chokio-Alberta were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in December of 2023, but Paynesville came up empty-handed after a 68-67 defeat. Can Paynesville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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