The East Chambers Buccaneers and the O'Connell Buccaneers will round out the year against one another at at 2:30 p.m. on Monday. East Chambers knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past 16 games -- so hopefully O'Connell likes a good challenge.
East Chambers is headed in fresh off scoring the most points they have all season. They took down Reeves 85-71 on Friday. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Buccaneers' disadvantage in MaxPreps' basketball rankings in their respective home states (they are ranked 289th in Texas, while the Raiders are ranked 85th in Louisiana).
Meanwhile, O'Connell had already won 13 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 16.1 points) and they went ahead and made it 14 on Saturday. They claimed a resounding 81-54 win over the Bulldogs. The Buccaneers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won eight contests by 20 points or more this season.
East Chambers is on a roll lately: they've won 13 of their last 14 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 16-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 71.4 points per game. As for O'Connell, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-2.
East Chambers strolled past O'Connell in their previous meeting back in December of 2020 by a score of 76-62. Does East Chambers have another victory up their sleeve, or will O'Connell turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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