The La Grande Tigers are taking a road trip to square off against the Pendleton Buckaroos at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Last Tuesday, La Grande took their matchup with ease, bagging a 66-37 victory over The Dalles. The Tigers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight contests by 21 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Pendleton). They blew past Nixyaawii Community, posting a 64-34 win. That's two games straight that the Buckaroos have won by exactly 30 points.
The victory made it two in a row for Pendleton and bumps their season record up to 7-15. The wins came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 28.0 points over those games. As for La Grande, they have been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 14-3 record this season.
Everything went La Grande's way against Pendleton in their previous meeting two weeks ago, as La Grande made off with a 60-34 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for La Grande 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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