The Pass Christian Pirates will venture away from home to challenge the Raymond Rangers at 2:30 p.m. on Monday. Each of these teams will be battling to keep a three-game winning streak alive.
If Pass Christian beats Raymond with 77 points on Monday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Pass Christian took down Ocean Springs 77-59 on Tuesday. That's two games straight that the Pirates have won by exactly 18 points.
Meanwhile, Raymond made easy work of Yazoo County on Saturday and carried off a 63-38 victory. Given the Rangers' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 42nd, while the Panthers are ranked 153rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Raymond is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 11-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.2 points per game. As for Pass Christian, they pushed their record up to 8-5 with the win, which was their third straight on the road.
Pass Christian was taken down by Raymond 45-18 in their previous matchup back in February. Can Pass Christian avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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