Tupelo is on a five-game streak of home wins (dating back to last season), while Houston is on a nine-game streak of away wins (also dating back to last season): one of those streaks is about to end. The Tupelo Golden Wave will host the Houston Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Both have allowed few points on average, (Tupelo: 12, Houston: 15.6) so any points scored will be well earned.
Houston better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Tupelo really get things going. Tupelo was the clear victor by a 34-10 margin over Oxford on Friday. The Golden Wave might be getting used to big wins seeing as the team has won three matches by 24 points or more this season.
Jaeden Hill continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, rushing for 203 yards and three touchdowns while picking up 9.2 yards per carry. The dominant performance gave him a new career-high in rushing yards. Tyquez Raines did his part to keep the secondary busy, picking up 80 receiving yards.
Tupelo's defense stepped up as well, laying out the QB six times. In that department, Devontray Brewer was the leader with three sacks. Tupelo got some further help from Malachi Gilleylen: he picked up a sack and made nine total tackles (2.0 for loss).
Perhaps unsurprisingly given the score, Tupelo was unstoppable on the ground and finished the game with 292 rushing yards. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now rushed for at least 151 rushing yards in three consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Houston unfortunately witnessed the end of their 16-game winning streak dating back to last season on Friday. They took a 21-14 hit to the loss column at the hands of Whitehaven. The matchup marked the Mustangs' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Tupelo's victory bumped their record up to 4-0. As for Houston, their defeat was their first of the season and makes their record 4-1.
Tupelo came up short against Houston in their previous matchup back in September of 2023, falling 38-33. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Houston's Derrick Miller Jr., who picked up 152 receiving yards and three touchdowns, and also rushed for 40 yards. Now that Tupelo knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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