Basketball Recap: Seven Straight Road Wins for Bland

After losing to Honey Grove the last time they met, Bland decided to demonstrate that turnabout is fair play. The Bland Tigers walked away with a 53-43 victory over the Honey Grove Warriors on Tuesday. Given the Tigers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 194th, while the Warriors are ranked 555th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Tigers

Previous Games (Away)

01/07/25 @ Honey Grove	53-43
12/20/24 @ Celeste	38-28
12/17/24 @ Tom Bean	49-32
12/10/24 @ Wolfe City	50-34
11/15/24 @ Dodd City	47-25
+ 2 more games

Bland's win was their seventh straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 16-1. As for Honey Grove, the loss snapped their winning streak at seven games and leaves them with a 11-10 record.

Bland will welcome Sam Rayburn at 6:15 p.m. on Friday. Sam Rayburn's defense has only allowed 29.8 points per game this season, so Bland's offense will have their work cut out for them. As for Honey Grove, they are taking a road trip to take on Trenton at 7:00 p.m. on Friday.