The Richton Rebels will square off against the Heidelberg Oilers at 8:30 p.m. on Friday. Both teams are coming into the match red-hot, with Richton sitting on seven straight victories and Heidelberg on three.
Last Tuesday, everything came up roses for Richton against Collins as the squad secured a 63-34 win. Given the Rebels' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 94th, while the Tigers are ranked 246th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Heidelberg). They strolled past Mize with points to spare on Tuesday, taking the game 75-60.
Heidelberg is also on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 17-11 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 63.4 points per game. As for Richton, they pushed their record up to 22-7 with the victory, which was their fourth straight at home.
Richton didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Heidelberg in their previous matchup back in January, but they still walked away with a 54-49 win. Does Richton have another victory up their sleeve, or will Heidelberg turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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