The Stuttgart Ricebirds are taking a road trip to challenge the Watson Chapel Wildcats at 5:30 p.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Stuttgart took a loss when they played away from home on Monday, but their home fans gave them all the motivation they needed on Tuesday. They walked away with a 72-64 win over Star City. The Ricebirds pushed the score to 57-36 by the end of the third, a deficit the Bulldogs cut but never quite recovered from.
Meanwhile, Watson Chapel unfortunately witnessed the end of their eight-game winning streak on Friday. They opened the new year with a less-than-successful 72-63 loss to De Queen. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Arkansas basketball rankings (they are ranked 49th, while the Leopards are ranked fourth).
Watson Chapel's defeat ended a six-game streak of wins at home and dropped them to 12-4. As for Stuttgart, they are on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last 12 matches, which provided a nice bump to their 12-8 record this season.
Stuttgart came up short against Watson Chapel in their previous matchup back in February of 2024, falling 62-57. Can Stuttgart avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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