The Purcell Dragons will take on the Wagoner Bulldogs at 8:30 p.m. on Thursday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Purcell easily dispatched Dibble back in December of 2024, but unfortunately both the margin and the ultimate result were a different story in this one. Purcell fell just short of Washington by a score of 64-62 on Tuesday. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game back in December of 2024 (56), the Dragons still had to take the loss.
Meanwhile, there's no place like home for Wagoner, who bounced back after a loss on the road on Friday. They blew past Inola, posting a 60-33 victory. Given the Bulldogs' advantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma basketball rankings (they are ranked 61st, while the Longhorns are ranked 290th), the result on Tuesday wasn't entirely unexpected.
Purcell now has a losing record at 3-4. As for Wagoner, their win bumped their record up to 7-1.
Purcell beat Wagoner 57-45 when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Will Purcell repeat their success, or does Wagoner have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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