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| 12/03/22 - Home | 5-65 L |
| 01/06/22 - Away | 61-66 L |
| 11/17/21 - Home | 53-49 W |
| 01/07/21 - Away | 54-38 W |
| 11/20/19 - Neutral | 50-34 W |
| + 5 more games |
Rapides is 8-2 against Oakdale since January of 2016 and they'll have a chance to extend that dominance on Friday. The Rapides Mustangs will head out to challenge the Oakdale Warriors at 6:00 p.m. The squads are rolling into the game with opposing streaks: Rapides has struggled recently with three losses in a row, while Oakdale will arrive with ten straight victories.
Rapides is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Oak Hill on Tuesday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Rapides had to suffer through a 73-31 loss at the hands of Oak Hill. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Louisiana basketball rankings (they are ranked 256th, while the Rams are ranked 31st).
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Oakdale). They claimed a resounding 86-28 win over Port Barre. The Warriors have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won 11 games by 25 points or more this season.
Oakdale pushed their record up to 21-5 with the victory, which was their fifth straight on the road. The wins came thanks in part to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.8 points over those games. As for Rapides, their defeat dropped their record down to 8-16.
Rapides was dealt a bruising 65-5 loss at the hands of Oakdale in their previous meeting back in December of 2022. Can Rapides avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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