The Arp Tigers will square off against the Overton Mustangs at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Arp knows how to get points on the board -- the squad has finished with 55 points or more in their past five matches -- so hopefully Overton likes a good challenge.
Arp is headed into the contest having just suffered their closest defeat since December 1, 2023 on Tuesday. They fell just short of West Rusk by a score of 60-57.
Meanwhile, Overton had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 30.7 points) and they went ahead and made it seven on Monday. They came within five points of losing the streak, but they secured a 50-45 W against the Bearkats. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 543rd, while the Bearkats are ranked 1322nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Overton's win came from a few key players Arp will need to keep an eye on. One of the most notable was Jayden Edwards, who went 6-for-13 on his way to 14 points. Bryce Still was another key player, putting up ten points.
Overton pushed their record up to 21-5 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. A key ingredient in that success has been their performance when it comes to three-point shooting accuracy: their three-point shooting accuracy was 36.2% in those games and 25.6% outside of them. As for Arp, their loss dropped their record down to 16-8.
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