Slidell and Northshore are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2021, but not for long. A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Slidell Tigers take on the Northshore Panthers at 7:30 p.m. on Tuesday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, the two teams will really light up the scoreboard.
Slidell took a loss when they played away from home on Tuesday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Friday. They blew past Chalmette 56-29. The Tigers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine matchups by 20 points or more this season.
| 01/31/25 vs Chalmette | 7 |
| 01/27/25 @ Bonnabel | 6 |
| 12/06/24 vs Landry-Walker | 5 |
| 01/03/25 vs Hahnville | 5 |
| 11/22/24 vs Kenner Discovery Health Sciences Academy | 4 |
Kolby Rachel went supernova for Slidell, going 5 of 10 en route to 17 points along with seven rebounds and six assists. Those seven boards gave Rachel a new career-high. The team also got some help courtesy of Jerry Birdlow, who dropped a double-double on 12 points and 15 rebounds.
Slidell smashed the offensive glass and finished the game with 22 offensive rebounds. That strong performance was nothing new for the team: they've now pulled down at least eight offensive boards in seven consecutive games.
Meanwhile, Northshore had already won 11 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22 points) and they went ahead and made it 12 on Friday. They slipped by the Bulldogs 66-65. Given the Panthers' advantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 18th, while the Bulldogs are ranked 79th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Northshore is also on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 contests, which provided a nice bump to their 23-6 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 64.2 points per game. As for Slidell, with the win, they broke their three-game losing streak and moved their record to 16-8.
Slidell didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Northshore when the teams last played back in February of 2024, but they still walked away with a 52-47 victory. Will Slidell repeat their success, or does Northshore have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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