The Branson Basketball teams will enter the Holiday Basketball Tournaments coming off of wins.
For the Boys, the Pirates ended a three game losing streak with a pair of wins, knocking off Cassville Monday before holding off Monett 66-59 on Thursday. Branson, 5-3, will take on Ava in the first round of the Blue and Gold Tournament Tuesday afternoon at 5:00 at Missouri State University.
Meanwhile, the 6-2 Lady Pirates finished off their pre-Christmas schedule last week with a win over Lebanon, after going 2-1 in both their Battle at the Boarder Tournament and at the Freeman Classic in Joplin. The Lady Pirates will have one of the toughest match-ups in the first round of the Pink and White Lady Classic next Wednesday at Drury University taking on undefeated Aurora.
Coverage of the opening round games will be heard on MOARK Sports Dot Com.
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