The Pawnee Black Bears will square off against the Okemah Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Pawnee has a tough task ahead: they'll enter the game with four straight defeats, while Okemah will come in with four straight wins.
Pawnee lost 72-52 to Morrison on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Black Bears can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma basketball rankings (they are ranked 334th, while the Wildcats are ranked 122nd).
Okemah got their first taste of in-conference action this week and they started things off strong. They came out on top against Holdenville by a score of 63-51 on Tuesday.
Okemah is also on a roll lately: they've won seven of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. As for Pawnee, their loss dropped their record down to 4-7.
Pawnee was able to grind out a solid victory over Okemah in their previous matchup back in February of 2023, winning 69-58. Does Pawnee have another victory up their sleeve, or will Okemah turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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