Basketball Game Preview: San Antonio Memorial Minutemen vs. Natalia Mustangs

San Antonio Memorial is on an 18-game streak of home losses dating back to last season, Natalia a three-game streak of away losses, but someone's luck will change on Tuesday. Having just played yesterday, the San Antonio Memorial Minutemen will get right back to it and host the Natalia Mustangs at 11:45 a.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last games, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this matchup.

It's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 72-30, which was the final score in San Antonio Memorial's tilt against Blanco on Monday. While losing is never fun, the Minutemen can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1425th, while the Panthers are ranked 699th).

Meanwhile, Natalia was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap on Saturday as they fell 48-44 to Randolph. While the Mustangs didn't get the win, they did start the game off strong, beating the Ro-Hawks 23-14 in the first quarter.

San Antonio Memorial's defeat dropped their record down to 2-13. As for Natalia, their loss dropped their record down to 5-10.