By CURTIS ROCKWELL/Sports Director

PASCAGOULA — A pair of “Southern Six” boys basketball squads with their sights set on making some noise in the upcoming state playoffs face off Saturday night.

And that makes the Pass Christian vs. Resurrection game in the annual Panther Classic this week’s “Vertical Raise Game of the Week” for SouthMiss6 Sports.

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This match-up is the penultimate game of the annual affair in Pascagoula, set to tip off at 6:30 p.m., and marks the first match-up between the two teams in almost 30 years, since the mid-1990’s.

The Resurrection boys stand at a solid 10-3 and are coming off of a two week break for the holiday.

The Eagles arrived at the lay-off on a six game win streak, with the latest decision a 79-70 road win over Class 5A foe Stone. The win marked the sixth of the season over competition in the three largest classifications (Class 7A-5A) so far for RCS.

On the other side of the court, it marks the fourth game of the week for Pass Christian, which lost two games and won one and finished in fourth place in the annual Admiral Holiday Classic this week.

On Wednesday afternoon, the Pirates dropped to 10-8 on the year with a 61-48 loss to Terry. Amarie James had 14 points to pace Pass in that loss, while senior Dandy Dozen guard Landon Hall had 13 points and Mario Burkes added 10 points.

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