The Lone Oak Buffaloes will venture away from home to face off against the Rains Wildcats at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Lone Oak easily dispatched Prairiland last Tuesday, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Lone Oak fell just short of Chisum by a score of 58-56 on Saturday. The Buffaloes' loss signaled the end of their three-game winning streak.
Meanwhile, Rains had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 31.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Tuesday. They managed a 55-49 win over the Mustangs.
Rains has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 62.4 points per game. As for Lone Oak, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-12.
Lone Oak didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Rains in their previous meeting back in February of 2024, but they still walked away with a 63-57 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for Lone Oak since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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