Basketball Recap: Eastland Gets Big Victory over Higher-Ranked Tolar

After losing to Tolar the last time they met, Eastland decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The Eastland Mavericks managed a 55-50 win over the Tolar Rattlers on Friday. The victory was all the more spectacular given the Mavericks' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 724th, while the Rattlers are ranked 250th).

Mavericks

Previous 4 Games (Home)

01/24/25 vs Tolar	55-50
01/21/25 vs Breckenridge	53-21
01/14/25 vs Peaster	47-30
01/11/25 vs Millsap	63-21

Eastland's win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-13. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 54.5 points per game. As for Tolar, they moved to 20-9 with that loss, which also ended their three-game winning streak.

Eastland has already played their next matchup (against Early), but no score has been uploaded at the time of writing. Tolar has also has no score uploaded for their next game, this one against Peaster.