The Nordheim Pirates will take on the Austwell-Tivoli Redfish at 6:00 p.m. on Friday.
Nordheim is probably headed into the match with a chip on their shoulder considering Moulton just ended the team's four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They had to suffer through a 70-14 loss at the hands of the Bobkatz. The Pirates were in a tough position after the first half, with the score already sitting at 37-6.
Meanwhile, Austwell-Tivoli had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 48.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They blew past the Yellowjackets 74-35. The Redfish have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 contests by 26 points or more this season.
Austwell-Tivoli found their leader in freshman Mackenzi Cortez, who posted 34 points in addition to eight assists and three blocks. That makes it ten consecutive games in which Cortez has scored at least a third of Austwell-Tivoli's points. Another player making a difference was Tatum Villarreal, who put up 14 points.
Austwell-Tivoli has been performing well recently as they've won 11 of their last 13 games, which provided a nice bump to their 16-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.6 points per game. As for Nordheim, their loss ended a three-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 9-11.
Nordheim won a matchup that couldn't have been any closer when the teams last played on January 14th, slipping by Austwell-Tivoli 44-43. Will Nordheim repeat their success, or does Austwell-Tivoli have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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