Basketball Game Preview: Copperas Cove Bulldawgs vs. Vandegrift Vipers
By Team Reports
Dec 23, 2024, 11:26pm
Basketball Preview: Copperas Cove Bulldawgs vs. Vandegrift Vipers
The Copperas Cove Bulldawgs will take on the Vandegrift Vipers in a tournament on Friday. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.
Copperas Cove will bounce into Friday's contest after beating Belton, who they had gone 2-7 against in their nine prior meetings. It was close, but Copperas Cove ultimately received the gift of a 54-51 victory from a begrudging Bulldawgs squad. The win was all the more spectacular given their disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 479th, while the Tigers are ranked 134th).
Meanwhile, Vandegrift came tearing into Friday's match with four straight wins (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 17 points) and they left with even more momentum. They enjoyed a cozy 62-45 victory over the Raiders.
Vandegrift is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven games, which provided a nice bump to their 13-5 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 61.6 points per game. As for Copperas Cove, the win got them back to even at 8-8.
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