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| 02/04/25 - Away | 32-80 L |
| 01/17/25 - Home | 56-84 L |
| 02/26/24 - Neutral | 57-59 L |
| 02/12/24 - Away | 44-49 L |
| 01/30/24 - Home | 47-45 W |
| + 5 more games |
Houston County and McEwen are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2022, but not for long. The Houston County Fighting Irish will challenge the McEwen Warriors on Monday. Both come into the match bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Houston County is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They snuck past Perry County with a 58-54 victory on Friday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Fighting Irish considering their 20-point performance the contest before.
Meanwhile, McEwen had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 39.3 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They put the hurt on the Lions with a sharp 50-29 win. Given the Warriors' advantage in MaxPreps' Tennessee basketball rankings (they are ranked 113th, while the Lions are ranked 328th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
McEwen pushed their record up to 23-4 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.5 points over those games. As for Houston County, their win bumped their record up to 7-12.
Houston County was dealt a bruising 80-32 defeat at the hands of McEwen in their previous matchup back in February. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of McEwen's Laila Downs, who shot 6-for-8 from downtown and dropped a triple-double with 50 points, 16 boards, and 15 steals. Now that Houston County knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? There's only one way to find out.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
