The El Reno Indians will venture away from home to square off against the MacArthur Highlanders at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
MacArthur will be up against a hot El Reno team: the squad just extended their winning streak to four. El Reno blew past Noble 88-43 on Friday. 88 seems to be a good number for the Indians as the squad scooped up a win with the same number of points in their previous game.
Meanwhile, MacArthur came tearing into Friday's match with eight straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 24.4 points) and they left with even more momentum. They claimed a resounding 83-52 victory over the Spartans. Given the Highlanders' advantage in MaxPreps' Oklahoma basketball rankings (they are ranked 65th, while the Spartans are ranked 269th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
El Reno's win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 18-1. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 33.1 points. As for MacArthur, their victory bumped their record up to 15-7.
Everything went El Reno's way against MacArthur in their previous meeting back in January, as El Reno made off with a 63-39 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for El Reno since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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