The Heritage Academy Patriots will venture away from home to face off against the Pillow Academy Mustangs at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. One thing working in Heritage Academy's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last six contests.
Heritage Academy easily dispatched Starkville Academy on Thursday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Heritage Academy fell just short of Rossville Christian Academy by a score of 80-78 on Tuesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Thursday (59), the Patriots still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, Pillow Academy was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their 17th straight loss dating back to last season. They came up short against Starkville Academy, falling 68-42. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 229th, while the Volunteers are ranked 87th).
Heritage Academy's defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 14-5. As for Pillow Academy, their loss dropped their record down to 0-14.
Everything came up roses for Heritage Academy against Pillow Academy when the teams last played back in December of 2024, as the squad secured a 65-33 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Heritage Academy since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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