The Oak Forest Academy Yellowjackets just played last yesterday, but they'll still welcome the Copiah Academy Colonels at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Copiah Academy is hoping to do what Columbia Academy couldn't on Friday: put an end to Oak Forest Academy's winning streak, which now stands at eight games. Oak Forest Academy claimed a resounding 77-48 win over Columbia Academy. Given the Yellowjackets' advantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked eighth in Louisiana, while the Cougars are ranked 128th in Mississippi), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Copiah Academy made easy work of East Rankin Academy on Thursday and carried off a 67-42 victory. The Colonels pushed the score to 58-29 by the end of the third, a deficit the Patriots cut but never quite recovered from.
Oak Forest Academy's win was their 16th straight at home dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 20-2. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 24.3 points. As for Copiah Academy, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a nice bump to their 10-9 record this season.
Oak Forest Academy strolled past Copiah Academy when the teams last played back in December of 2024 by a score of 59-42. Will Oak Forest Academy repeat their success, or does Copiah Academy have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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