The Kemp Yellowjackets and the Longview Lobos will face off at 9:30 a.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. Kemp knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six matchups -- so hopefully Longview likes a good challenge.
Kemp's tournament run continued when they took on Marshall on Friday. Kemp fell to Marshall 70-64. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (55), the Yellowjackets still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, even if it wasn't a dominant performance, Longview beat Pine Tree 54-48 on Friday. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Lobos.
Longview is on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 9-7 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.2 points per game. As for Kemp, they have been struggling recently as they've lost four of their last five contests, which put a noticeable dent in their 9-11 record this season.
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