Basketball Game Preview: Tomball Memorial Wildcats vs. Magnolia West Mustangs

By Team Reports Dec 18, 2024, 3:22am

Basketball Preview: Tomball Memorial Wildcats vs. Magnolia West Mustangs

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The Tomball Memorial Wildcats will venture away from home to take on the Magnolia West Mustangs at 3:30 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Tomball Memorial has six straight wins, Magnolia West has five straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

It was a proper cat-fight when Tomball Memorial challenged Tomball on Tuesday. Tomball Memorial snuck past Tomball with a 49-43 victory.

Meanwhile, Magnolia West played a tough match on Tuesday in which they were outscored in every quarter. They took a blow against Klein Oak, falling 58-19. While losing is never fun, the Mustangs can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 945th, while the Panthers are ranked 223rd).

Tomball Memorial pushed their record up to 17-2 with the win, which was their sixth straight at home. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 51.0 points per game. As for Magnolia West, their loss dropped their record down to 2-13.

Tomball Memorial came up short against Magnolia West when the teams last played back in November of 2023, falling 60-47. Can Tomball Memorial avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.

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