Richards is 1-7 against Fayetteville since December of 2019 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Richards Panthers duke it out with the Fayetteville Lions at 5:00 p.m. Richards' defense has only allowed 29.9 points per game this season, so Fayetteville's offense will have their work cut out for them.
Richards is headed into the matchup after thoroughly thrashing North Zulch: they outscored them in every quarter. Richards blew past North Zulch 41-21 on Thursday. The Panthers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won four contests by 20 points or more this season.
Fayetteville played against Buckholts and won via forfeit.
Fayetteville has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 12-15 record this season. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 21.7 points per game. As for Richards, the win made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 9-4.
Richards was dealt a bruising 45-16 loss at the hands of Fayetteville in their previous matchup on January 7th. Can Richards avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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