Plant is 1-9 against Wharton since January of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Plant Panthers face off against the Wharton Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Wharton will be up against a hot Plant squad: the team just extended their winning streak to seven. Everything went Plant's way against Robinson on Tuesday as Plant made off with a 56-31 win. 56 seems to be a good number for the Panthers as the squad scooped up a victory with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, Wharton waltzed into their match on Wednesday with five straight wins... but they left with six. They simply couldn't be stopped as they easily beat the Stingrays 64-37.
Plant better focus on containing Tysen Jefferson and Nick Womack as the pair were huge in Wharton's win. Jefferson went 9 for 12 en route to 22 points in addition to seven steals and six assists, while Womack went 9 of 15 on his way to 23 points and six assists. The dominant performance gave Jefferson a new career-high in assists. The team also got some help courtesy of Landon Koenemann, who posted four points and five boards.
Wharton has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 12 of their last 13 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 15-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.5 points per game. As for Plant, their win bumped their record up to 15-3.
Things could have been worse for Plant, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 66-49 loss to Wharton in their previous matchup back in February of 2022. Can Plant avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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