The Piketon Redstreaks will venture away from home to face off against the Southeastern Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Piketon has given up an average of 54.6 points per game this season, but Friday's game will give them a chance to turn things around.
Piketon is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Unioto on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. The Redstreaks were dealt a 69-31 loss at the hands of the Shermans. While losing is never fun, the Redstreaks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Ohio basketball rankings (they are ranked 427th, while the Shermans are ranked 181st).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Southeastern). They blew past Paint Valley 64-40 on Tuesday. The high-flying offensive performance was a huge turnaround for the Panthers considering their 30-point performance the contest before.
Piketon's defeat dropped their record down to 7-6. As for Southeastern, their win ended a five-game drought at home dating back to last season and bumped them up to 4-7.
Piketon and Southeastern were neck-and-neck when the teams last played on Friday, but Piketon came up empty-handed after a 53-52 loss. Can the Redstreaks avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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