Douglas is on a six-game streak of home losses, Crossville a 19-game streak of away losses dating back to last season, but someone's luck will change on Friday. The Douglas Eagles will welcome the Crossville Lions at 6:00 p.m.
Douglas came up short against Kate Duncan Smith DAR on Tuesday, falling 62-36. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 330th, while the Patriots are ranked 136th).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Crossville). They took down West End 48-31 on Tuesday. The win was a breath of fresh air for the Lions as it put an end to their nine-game losing streak.
Crossville's victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 3-15. As for Douglas, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-16.
Douglas was able to grind out a solid win over Crossville in their previous matchup back in December of 2024, winning 30-22. Will Douglas repeat their success, or does Crossville have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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