The Paideia Pythons will take on the Midtown Knights at 2:30 p.m. on Saturday.
It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 64-34, which was the final score in Paideia's tilt against Creekside Christian Academy on Thursday. While losing is never fun, the Pythons can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Georgia basketball rankings (they are ranked 355th, while the Cougars are ranked 110th).
Meanwhile, Midtown had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 36.3 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They blew past the Lions 74-11. The Knights have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 14 matchups by 23 points or more this season.
Midtown has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won eight of their last nine contests, which provided a nice bump to their 16-3 record this season. As for Paideia, their defeat was their fifth straight on the road, which dropped their record down to 4-11.
Paideia ended up a good deal behind Midtown in their previous meeting back in November of 2021, losing 32-17. Can Paideia avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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