A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Pine Island Panthers duke it out with the Goodhue Wildcats at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday... Pine Island knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past seven games -- so hopefully Goodhue likes a good challenge.
If Pine Island beats Goodhue with 63 points on Tuesday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matches with that exact score. Pine Island strolled past Triton with points to spare on Thursday, taking the game 63-49. While the Panthers didn't have the best season last year (they finished 11-19), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past.
Meanwhile, Goodhue had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 39 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Saturday. They blew past the Awesome Blossoms, posting a 73-41 win. The Wildcats have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won five contests by 32 points or more this season.
Pine Island has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 8-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.4 points per game. As for Goodhue, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 6-4.
Pine Island didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Goodhue in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, but they still walked away with a 63-58 win. Will Pine Island repeat their success, or does Goodhue have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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