Basketball Game Preview: Western Hills Cougars vs. Carter-Riverside Eagles

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Previous Games

01/23/24 - Away	55-11 W
12/19/23 - Home	83-19 W
01/24/23 - Home	46-49 L
12/20/22 - Home	53-60 L
01/28/22 - Home	85-59 W
+ 5 more games

Western Hills is 8-2 against Carter-Riverside since November of 2018 and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Thursday. The Western Hills Cougars will head out on the road to challenge the Carter-Riverside Eagles at 7:30 p.m. Given that both suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this contest.

It was a proper cat-fight when Western Hills took on Benbrook on Tuesday. Western Hills lost to Benbrook on the road by a 67-50 margin. The Cougars have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.

Meanwhile, Carter-Riverside was not able to break out of their rough patch on Tuesday as the team picked up their fourth straight defeat. They were beaten by Southwest 75-23. While losing is never fun, the Eagles can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1478th, while the Raiders are ranked 336th).

Carter-Riverside's loss dropped their record down to 2-12. As for Western Hills, their defeat dropped their record down to 3-11.

Everything came up roses for Western Hills against Carter-Riverside in their previous meeting back in January, as the squad secured a 55-11 win. In that matchup, Western Hills amassed a halftime lead of 38-7, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Thursday.