A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Durant Lions face off against the Pryor Tigers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday... Pryor took a loss in their last matchup and will be looking to turn the tables on Durant, who comes in off a win.
If Durant beats Pryor with 56 points on Friday, it's going to be the team's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Durant slipped by McAlester 56-55 on Tuesday. That's two games straight that the Lions have won by just one point.
Meanwhile, Pryor lost 70-49 to Will Rogers College on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma basketball rankings (they are ranked 144th, while the Ropers are ranked 46th).
Durant is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 5-3 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 50.4 points per game. As for Pryor, their loss dropped their record down to 1-4.
Durant came up short against Pryor in their previous matchup back in March of 2016, falling 60-56. Can Durant avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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