Omaha hasn't had much luck against Jasper recently, but that could start to change on Monday. The Omaha Eagles will square off against the Jasper Pirates at 5:00 p.m. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Omaha will bounce into Monday's game after beating Kingston, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Omaha managed a 65-59 victory over Kingston on Saturday. Winning may never get old, but the Eagles sure are getting used to it with their third in a row.
Meanwhile, Jasper came tearing into Saturday's match with six straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 39.2 points), and they left with even more momentum. They blew past the Tigers 81-24. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 106th, while the Tigers are ranked 261st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jasper's win was their seventh straight at home, which pushed their record up to 20-9. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.7 points over those games. As for Omaha, they now have a winning record of 10-9.
Omaha was dealt a bruising 78-36 loss at the hands of Jasper in their previous matchup back in January. Can Omaha avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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