Moss Point and Bay are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2020, but not for long. The Moss Point Tigers will host the Bay Tigers at 6:00 p.m. on Friday. Both have allowed few points on average, (Moss Point: 27.9, Bay: 26.7) so any points scored will be well earned.
Moss Point took a loss when they played away from home on Saturday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They blew past Pass Christian 40-10. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Mississippi basketball rankings (they are ranked 95th, while the Pirates are ranked 243rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Meanwhile, Bay had already won four in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 27.5 points) and they went ahead and made it five on Friday. They came out on top against the Wildcats by a score of 40-28.
Bay's victory was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 12-5. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 17.5 points per game. As for Moss Point, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last eight matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-8 record this season.
Moss Point suffered a grim 40-16 defeat to Bay when the teams last played back in January of 2024. Can Moss Point avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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