The Oak Grove Panthers will be playing at home against the Central Blue Eagles at 4:00 p.m. on Saturday. Each of these teams will be fighting to keep a win streak alive as Oak Grove comes in on three and Central on five.
Last Thursday, Oak Grove didn't have too much trouble with Richmond at home as they won 62-44. With that victory, Oak Grove brought their scoring average up to 50.2 points per game.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Oak Grove to victory, but perhaps none more so than Phillip Nadeau, who scored 12 points along with eight rebounds and three steals. Nadeau hasn't dropped below two steals for five straight games. Another player making a difference was Maurkalip Riley, who dropped a double-double on 17 points and 11 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Central stacked a 12th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Thursday. They breezed by Odessa on the road to the tune of 91-41. Given Central's advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 84th, while Odessa is ranked 529th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Oak Grove's victory bumped their record up to 10-17. As for Central, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 20-6 record this season.
Oak Grove lost to Central at home by a decisive 61-47 margin in their previous meeting back in January of 2020. Can Oak Grove avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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