On Thursday, the Fair Grove Eagles had just enough and edged the Branson Pirates out 54-51. Given the Eagles' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked eighth, while the Pirates are ranked 121st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Fair Grove has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-3 record this season. As for Branson, this is the second loss in a row for them and nudges their season record down to 5-4.
Both teams will have to hit the road in their upcoming games. Fair Grove will challenge Battle at 4:00 p.m. on Thursday. As for Branson, they will have a little extra prep time after the defeat as they won't be playing again for a while. They'll take on Parkview at 6:45 p.m. on January 27th. Branson is facing Parkview at the right time seeing as Parkview is stuck on a ten-game losing streak.
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