The Greenville Hornets just played yesterday, but they'll still head out to face the Clarksdale Wildcats at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Greenville is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 57.8 points per game this season.
While Greenville didn't have the best season last year (they finished 6-17), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They snuck past Coahoma County with a 49-44 win on Thursday. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Hornets' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 61st, while the Red Panthers are ranked 17th).
De'Marion Gibson continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, going 7 for 13 en route to 17 points. His evening made it ten games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Kolbie Williams, who went 5 for 10 en route to 12 points.
Meanwhile, Clarksdale suffered their biggest loss since February 17th last Tuesday. They came up short against Coahoma County, falling 51-30. The Wildcats haven't had much luck with the Red Panthers recently, as the team's come up short the last seven times they've met.
Greenville's win was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 8-2. Those victories were due in large part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 59.3 points per game. As for Clarksdale, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-4.
Greenville came up short against Clarksdale when the teams last played back in December of 2021, falling 55-49. Can Greenville avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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