The Fort Payne Wildcats will take on the Homewood Patriots on Monday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: the two teams posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.
Fort Payne is on a roll after a high-stakes playoff matchup on Friday. They came out on top against Oxford by a score of 65-54.
Meanwhile, Homewood waltzed into their game on Friday with 13 straight wins... but they left with 14. They enjoyed a cozy 62-48 victory over the Vikings. Given the Patriots' advantage in MaxPreps' Alabama basketball rankings (they are ranked 43rd, while the Vikings are ranked 196th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Fort Payne is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten matches, which provided a nice bump to their 25-5 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.5 points over those games. As for Homewood, their win bumped their record up to 23-10.
Fort Payne took a serious blow against Homewood when the teams last played back in November of 2017, falling 72-44. Can Fort Payne avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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