Basketball Preview: Rockdale Tigers vs. Hempstead Bobcats
A feisty cat fight will be fought when the Rockdale Tigers challenge the Hempstead Bobcats at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday...
Rockdale is probably headed into the matchup with a chip on their shoulder considering Mumford just ended the team's three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They were dealt a 53-25 defeat at the hands of the Mustangs. The game marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring match so far this season.
Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Hempstead). They enjoyed a cozy 54-35 victory over Somerville on Tuesday. The Bobcats pushed the score to 41-21 by the end of the third, a deficit the Yeguas cut but never quite recovered from.
Rockdale's loss dropped their record down to 6-5. As for Hempstead, the win got them back to even at 3-3.
Everything came up roses for Rockdale against Hempstead in their previous matchup back in December of 2014, as the squad secured a 66-5 victory. Will Rockdale repeat their success, or does Hempstead have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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