A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Whitesboro Bearcats take on the Paradise Panthers at 6:15 p.m. on Friday... Both teams are coming into the game red-hot, with Whitesboro sitting on three straight victories and Paradise on five.
Last Tuesday, Whitesboro strolled past Valley View with points to spare, taking the game 68-54. Given the Bearcats' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 300th, while the Eagles are ranked 1238th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Paradise was able to grind out a solid win over Boyd on Tuesday, taking the game 55-45.
Whitesboro has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won ten of their last 11 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 24-8 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.9 points per game. As for Paradise, they pushed their record up to 23-6 with the victory, which was their ninth straight at home.
Whitesboro beat Paradise 65-56 in their previous matchup back in January. The rematch might be a little tougher for Whitesboro 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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