The Skyline Tigers will square off against the Strafford Indians at 6:00 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.
Skyline is probably headed into the game with a chip on their shoulder considering Battle just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Saturday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 69-68 to the Spartans. The loss was a bit of a surprise, as the Tigers came into the matchup with a sizable advantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 33rd, while the Spartans are ranked 89th).
Meanwhile, Strafford entered their tilt with Quincy on Sunday with two consecutive wins but they'll enter their next game with three. They secured a 60-54 W over the Blue Devils.
Skyline's loss ended a 14-game streak of away wins dating back to last season and brought them to 10-2. As for Strafford, they are on a roll lately: they've won ten of their last 11 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 12-4 record this season.
Skyline and Strafford were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting two weeks ago, but Skyline came up empty-handed after a 67-66 defeat. Can Skyline avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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