Texas High School Basketball - Pearce can't hold off Mesquite
December 17, 2021: Mesquite, TX 75149 The Mesquite Skeeters basketball team scored 38 points and restricted the visiting Pearce Mustangs to 33 in the Skeeters non-league victory on Friday.
The Skeeters now sport a 4-7 record. They put it on the line next when they travel to Horn for a 6A Region II District 10 contest on Tuesday, December 21. Mesquite will battle a Jaguars team coming off a 61-54 non-league loss to Mt. Pleasant (Mt. Pleasant, TX). The Jaguars record now stands at 8-9.
The Mustangs (2-11) will now prepare for their contest against Dallas Jesuit (Dallas, TX). The Rangers come into the 6A Region I District 7 contest with a 6-4 record. In their last contest, Dallas Jesuit was nudged by Guyer (Denton, TX), 65-56, in a non-league contest.