Church Point and Pine Prairie are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2017, but not for long. The Church Point Bears will head out on the road to take on the Pine Prairie Panthers at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Church Point has three straight victories, Pine Prairie has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Church Point will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Port Barre, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. Church Point blew past Port Barre 67-47 on Wednesday. Given the Bears' advantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 137th, while the Red Devils are ranked 300th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 71-22, which was the final score in Pine Prairie's tilt against Northwest on Tuesday.
Church Point is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 18-8 record this season. As for Pine Prairie, their loss dropped their record down to 3-16.
Everything came up roses for Church Point against Pine Prairie when the teams last played back in January of 2024, as the squad secured a 66-24 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Church Point 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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