A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Prairie Home Panthers duke it out with the Pilot Grove Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday... The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Prairie Home has three straight wins, Pilot Grove has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
If Prairie Home beats Pilot Grove with 53 points on Friday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two matchups with that exact score. Prairie Home snuck past Otterville with a 53-49 victory on Wednesday. That's two games straight that the Panthers have won by exactly four points.
Meanwhile, Pilot Grove came up short against New Franklin on Tuesday, falling 55-31. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Missouri basketball rankings (they are ranked 446th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 140th).
Pilot Grove's loss dropped their record down to 3-15. As for Prairie Home, they now have a winning record of 8-7.
Prairie Home suffered a grim 73-48 defeat to Pilot Grove when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Will Prairie Home have more luck at home instead of on the road? Check back here after the action for a full breakdown and analysis of the contest.
Article generated by infoSentience based on data entered on MaxPreps
