The Starkville Yellowjackets will face off against the Horn Lake Eagles at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. Starkville will be strutting in after a victory while Horn Lake will be coming in after a loss.
Starkville is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Mississippi's top teams: Tupelo, who was ranked fifth at the time (Starkville was ranked sixth). Starkville took down Tupelo 73-54 on Friday. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Yellowjackets.
Meanwhile, Horn Lake suffered their closest defeat since January 9th on Friday. They fell just short of Southaven by a score of 41-38. The loss continues a trend for the Eagles in their matchups with the Chargers: they've now lost five in a row.
Horn Lake's defeat dropped their record down to 10-19. As for Starkville, their win bumped their record up to 22-6.
Starkville might still be hurting after the 58-35 loss they got from Horn Lake in their previous meeting back in February of 2022. Can Starkville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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