The Starkville Yellowjackets will take on the Olive Branch Conquistadors in a holiday battle at at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both squads will be entering this one on the heels of a big victory.
Last Tuesday, Starkville got the win against Murrah by a conclusive 63-37. Given the Yellowjackets' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 15th, while the Mustangs are ranked 177th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Olive Branch had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 18.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Thursday. They blew past the Cougars 62-41.
Olive Branch has been performing incredibly well recently as they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. They've dominated over that stretch too, winning by an average of 30 points. As for Starkville, their victory bumped their record up to 8-5.
Starkville strolled past Olive Branch when the teams last played back in November by a score of 51-32. Will Starkville repeat their success, or does Olive Branch have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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