Pittsburg is 0-10 against North Lamar since January of 2020 but things could change on Tuesday. The Pittsburg Pirates will square off against the North Lamar Panthers at 6:15 p.m. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
Pittsburg is headed into the game after thoroughly thrashing Paris: they outscored them in every quarter. Pittsburg put the hurt on Paris with a sharp 44-18 win on Saturday. The Pirates have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 13 matchups by 20 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, North Lamar came tearing into Friday's contest with five straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17.6 points) and they left with even more momentum. Everything went their way against the Hawks as they made off with a 42-18 victory. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 166th, while the Hawks are ranked 441st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Pittsburg has also been performing incredibly well recently as they've won 13 of their last 15 games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-4 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.0 points per game. As for North Lamar, their win was their third straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-9.
Pittsburg couldn't quite finish off North Lamar in their previous meeting two weeks ago and fell 39-36. Can Pittsburg avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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