Basketball Game Preview: Friendswood Mustangs vs. Santa Fe Indians

The Friendswood Mustangs are taking a road trip to take on the Santa Fe Indians at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Friendswood has four straight victories, Santa Fe has four straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

On Friday, Friendswood beat Ball 50-38. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 43rd, while the Tornadoes are ranked 371st), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Santa Fe had to suffer through a 81-47 loss at the hands of La Porte.

Friendswood is on a roll lately: they've won 17 of their last 19 matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 24-4 record this season. As for Santa Fe, their defeat dropped their record down to 10-18.

Friendswood was able to grind out a solid win over Santa Fe in their previous meeting on January 3rd, winning 53-40. The rematch might be a little tougher for Friendswood since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.