The Booneville Blue Devils will take on the Olive Branch Conquistadors at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Olive Branch will be up against a hot Booneville team: the squad just extended their winning streak to ten. Booneville blew past Mantachie 70-27 on Tuesday. Given the Blue Devils' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 12th, while the Mustangs are ranked 245th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Olive Branch waltzed into their matchup on Tuesday with four straight wins... but they left with five. They blew past Lake Cormorant 70-45.
Olive Branch's victory was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 16-7. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 28.9 points. As for Booneville, they are on a roll lately: they've won 11 of their last 12 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-4 record this season.
Booneville came out on top in a nail-biter against Olive Branch in their previous meeting back in November of 2024, sneaking past 40-38. Does Booneville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Olive Branch turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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