A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Athens Wildcats face off against the Tioga Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Saturday... Athens is strutting in with some offensive muscle as they've averaged 55.3 points per game this season.
Athens' tournament run continued when they took on Waverly on Thursday. Athens took a 48-36 hit to the loss column at the hands of Waverly. The Wildcats have struggled against the Wolverines recently, as the game was their third consecutive lost matchup.
The losing side was boosted by Adam Kemp, who went 6 of 15 en route to 13 points and five rebounds. The team also got some help courtesy of Nick Grazul, who posted seven points and eight rebounds.
Meanwhile, Tioga ended up a good deal behind Sayre on Thursday and lost 72-56. The Tigers were down 58-36 at the end of the third quarter, which was just too much to recover from.
Athens' defeat dropped their record down to 2-5. As for Tioga, they now have a losing record at 0-1.
Athens didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Tioga in their previous meeting back in December of 2022, but they still walked away with a 66-61 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Athens 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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