The Durant Lions will head out on the road to take on the Claremore Zebras at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Durant barely beat McAlester the last time the pair played, but that sure wasn't the case this time around. The Lions never let the Buffaloes get on the board and left with a 3-0 victory last Friday.
Jaylin Patten and Avery Blackburn scored all three of Durant's goals, bringing their combined season tally to 17 goals.
Meanwhile, Claremore came tearing into Thursday's match with seven straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 5.3 goals), and they left with even more momentum. They came within a single goal of losing the streak, but they secured a 2-1 W against the Tigers.
Claremore pushed their record up to 11-1 with the win, which was their fourth straight at home. Those home victories came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they scored 30 goals over those four contests. As for Durant, their win bumped their record up to 7-5-1.
Durant couldn't quite get it done against Claremore in their previous matchup back in May of 2016 as they fell 2-0. Can the Lions avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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