Cedar Creek is on a five-game streak of home wins, while Arcadia is on a four-game streak of away wins: one of those streaks is about to end. The Cedar Creek Cougars will host the Arcadia Hornets at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
It was a proper cat-fight when Cedar Creek duked it out with Lincoln Prep on Friday. Cedar Creek blew past Lincoln Prep, posting a 50-11 victory. The Cougars haven't had any issues with the Panthers recently, as the game was their eighth consecutive win against them.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Arcadia). They blew past Haynesville 86-9 on Friday. Given the Hornets' advantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 41st, while the Golden Tornado are ranked 368th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Arcadia has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 24-3 record this season. Those victories came thanks in part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 22.1 points over those games. As for Cedar Creek, their victory bumped their record up to 24-3.
Cedar Creek came up short against Arcadia in their previous matchup back in February of 2017, falling 58-45. Thankfully for Cedar Creek, Letricia Baker (who went 14 for 21 en route to 33 points and five boards) won't be suiting up this time. Will that be enough to change the final result? There's only one way to find out.
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