The Leflore County Tigers will take on the Riverside Bulldogs at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Leflore County will be strutting in after a win while Riverside will be coming in after a defeat.
Last Friday, Leflore County beat Simmons 69-56. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 91st, while the Blue Devils are ranked 265th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Riverside was just a bucket shy of victory on Saturday and fell 41-40 to J.Z. George.
Leflore County has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six games, which provided a nice bump to their 11-4 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.3 points per game. As for Riverside, they now have a losing record at 6-7.
Leflore County ended up a good deal behind Riverside in their previous meeting back in January, losing 55-40. Can Leflore County avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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