The Blytheville Chickasaws will take on the Pocahontas Redskins at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday. The timing is sure in Blytheville's favor as the squad sits on four straight wins at home while Pocahontas has been banged up by five consecutive losses on the road.
Blytheville will bounce into Thursday's match after beating Highland, who they had gone 1-8 against in their nine prior meetings. Blytheville snuck past Highland with a 61-57 win on Monday.
Meanwhile, Pocahontas had to endure a nine-game losing streak, but that streak is no more. They came out on top against Gosnell by a score of 52-43 on Monday.
Blytheville has also been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 12 games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-7 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.8 points per game. As for Pocahontas, their victory was their first in the conference, bumping their conference record up to 1-8 and their overall record up to 7-15.
Blytheville beat Pocahontas 46-38 when the teams last played two weeks ago. Does Blytheville have another victory up their sleeve, or will Pocahontas turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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