Canton has gone 9-1 against Highland recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Canton Tigers face off against the Highland Cougars at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Canton has six straight wins, Highland has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Last Tuesday, Canton didn't have too much trouble with Clark County as they won 56-42. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 59th, while the Indians are ranked 326th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
01/07/25 vs Clark County | 15 |
01/03/25 @ Schuyler County | 26 |
12/19/24 @ Mendon Unity | 22 |
12/17/24 @ South Shelby | 27 |
12/12/24 @ Clark County | 17 |
Preston Brewer continued his habit of posting crazy stat lines, dropping a double-double on 15 points and ten boards. His morning made it ten games in a row in which he has scored at least ten points. The team also got some help courtesy of Chris Alspaw, who went 5 of 8 on his way to 15 points.
Canton was working as a unit and finished the game with 17 assists. That's the most assists they've managed all season.
Meanwhile, Highland was beaten by Kirksville 72-34 on Tuesday.
Highland's loss dropped their record down to 1-10. As for Canton, their victory bumped their record up to 8-2.
Everything went Canton's way against Highland in their previous meeting back in January of 2024, as Canton made off with a 69-45 win. Will Canton repeat their success, or does Highland have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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