Ozark is 2-8 against Nixa since January of 2017 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Ozark Tigers will head out on the road to take on the Nixa Eagles at 7:00 p.m. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
It was a proper cat-fight when Ozark challenged Webb City on Friday. Ozark walked away with a 65-54 win over Webb City. The Tigers pushed the score to 56-34 by the end of the third, a deficit the Cardinals cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Nixa had already won ten in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 20.4 points) and they went ahead and made it 11 on Friday. They came out on top against the Bulldogs by a score of 64-51.
Nixa pushed their record up to 16-1 with the victory, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 67.7 points over those games. As for Ozark, their win bumped their record up to 9-10.
Things could have been worse for Ozark, but things could have been a whole lot better as they took a 69-52 loss to Nixa in their previous matchup back in February of 2024. Can Ozark avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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