The Boonville Pirates will challenge the Centralia Panthers at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Boonville's tournament run continued when they took on Macon on Monday. Boonville breezed by Macon to the tune of 63-33. Given the Pirates' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 50th, while the Tigers are ranked 133rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Centralia put another one in the bag on Wednesday to keep their perfect season alive. They blew past Father Tolton 64-41. The Panthers' offense stepped up their game for this one, as that was the most points they've scored all season.
Centralia pushed their record up to 5-0 with the win, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 25 points. As for Boonville, the victory made it two in a row for them and bumps their season record up to 4-1.
Boonville came up short against Centralia in their previous meeting back in January, falling 60-49. Can Boonville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
