The Mill Creek Hawks and the Jackson County Panthers will face off at 8:00 p.m. on Saturday without much rest having both just played. The two teams are sauntering into the matchup backed by comfortable wins in their prior games.
If Mill Creek beats Jackson County with 72 points on Saturday, it's going to be the squad's new lucky number: they've won their past two games with that exact score. Mill Creek took their contest on Friday with ease, bagging a 72-45 victory over Monroe Area. The matchup marked the Hawks' most dominant win of the season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Jackson County). They really took it to Stephens County for the full four quarters, racking up an 87-46 victory. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Panthers.
Mill Creek has been performing well recently as they've won nine of their last 11 games, which provided a nice bump to their 10-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 58.2 points per game. As for Jackson County, their win bumped their record up to 6-8.
Mill Creek didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Jackson County in their previous meeting back in November, but they still walked away with a 54-50 victory. Will Mill Creek repeat their success, or does Jackson County have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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