The Cooper Jaguars will be taking part in a tournament against the Lloyd Memorial Juggernauts at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. One thing working in Cooper's favor is that they have posted at least 55 points in their last 18 matchups.
Cooper is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Kentucky's top teams: Covington Catholic, who was ranked ninth at the time (Cooper was ranked seventh). Cooper managed a 59-54 win over Covington Catholic on Tuesday. The victory continues a trend for the Jaguars in their matchups with the Colonels: they've now won four in a row.
Meanwhile, Lloyd Memorial had already won 14 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.2 points) and they went ahead and made it 15 on Tuesday. They came within a single point of losing the streak, but they secured a 41-40 W against the Wildcats. The 41-point effort marked the Juggernauts' lowest-scoring contest of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.
Cooper's win bumped their record up to 22-5. As for Lloyd Memorial, their victory bumped their record up to 26-6.
Cooper didn't have too much breathing room in their game against Lloyd Memorial in their previous meeting back in January, but they still walked away with a 61-57 win. Will Cooper repeat their success, or does Lloyd Memorial have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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