Basketball Recap: Paschal Comes Up Short

After flying high against Trimble Tech last Tuesday, Paschal came back down to earth. The Paschal Panthers were just a bucket shy of victory on Friday and fell 57-56 to the Temple Wildcats.

Paschal's defeat dropped their record down to 26-8. As for Temple, they have been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six contests, which provided a nice bump to their 17-16 record this season.

Paschal and Temple could both be facing uphill battles in their next games considering their disadvantage in the MaxPreps Texas Rankings. Paschal (ranked 238th) will meet Mansfield Timberview (ranked 52nd) at 6:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Meanwhile, Temple will challenge Duncanville at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday down 445 places (456 vs. 11).