Knox City is 6-0 against Paint Creek since January of 2021, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Knox City Greyhounds will be playing at home against the Paint Creek Pirates at 7:00 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Knox City has seven straight wins, Paint Creek has 16 straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the field.
Knox City stacked an 11th blowout win onto their ever-increasing hoard on Tuesday. Everything went their way against Aspermont as Knox City made off with a 62-38 win. Given Knox City's advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 637th, while Aspermont is ranked 1325th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Paint Creek was the victim of a rough 52-30 defeat at the hands of Rule on Tuesday. The loss unfortunately continues a disappointing trend for Paint Creek in their matchups with Rule: they've now lost eight in a row.
Knox City's victory was their fourth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 19-2. Those good results were due in large part to their offensive dominance across that stretch, as they averaged 70.3 points per game. As for Paint Creek, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-7.
Everything came up roses for Knox City against Paint Creek in their previous meeting back in February of 2023 as the squad secured a 73-21 win. With Knox City ahead 45-10 at the half, the contest was all but over already.
