Basketball Game Preview: Kirbyville Wildcats vs. Kountze Lions

Kirbyville is 1-9 against Kountze since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. A feisty cat fight is on tap when the Kirbyville Wildcats challenge the Kountze Lions at 7:30 p.m.

Kirbyville is headed into Friday's match looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 12th straight game on Tuesday. They fell 46-37 to Warren.

Meanwhile, Kountze had already won 15 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 50.3 points) and they went ahead and made it 16 on Tuesday. They breezed by the Panthers to the tune of 108-39. Given the Lions' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 99th, while the Panthers are ranked 1062nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Kountze's victory was their tenth straight on the road dating back to last season, which pushed their record up to 28-2. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 90.9 points per game. As for Kirbyville, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-18.

Kirbyville was dealt a bruising 88-13 loss at the hands of Kountze in their previous matchup on January 7th. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Kountze's Zac Sells, who went 7 of 9 en route to 19 points in addition to seven steals and five assists. Now that Kirbyville knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.