A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Paintsville Tigers duke it out with the Expression Prep Academy Lions at 7:00 p.m. on Thursday... Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Expression Prep Academy will be up against a hot Paintsville team: the squad just extended their winning streak to three. Paintsville snuck past Betsy Layne with a 64-58 victory on Monday.
Meanwhile, Expression Prep Academy narrowly escaped with a win as the squad sidled past Martin County 77-74. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Lions.
Paintsville pushed their record up to 13-5 with the victory, which was their seventh straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 79.1 points per game. As for Expression Prep Academy, they now have a winning record of 8-7.
Paintsville and Expression Prep Academy were neck-and-neck when the teams last played back in December of 2024, but Paintsville came up empty-handed after a 75-74 loss. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Expression Prep Academy's Rasheed Morrison, who dropped a double-double on 29 points and ten boards. Now that Paintsville knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
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