Basketball Preview: Clear Creek Wildcats vs. Friendswood Mustangs
The Clear Creek Wildcats are taking a road trip to square off against the Friendswood Mustangs at 7:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
Clear Creek's tournament run continued when they took on Clear Falls on Saturday. Clear Creek took a 53-44 hit to the loss column at the hands of Clear Falls. The Wildcats have now taken an 'L' in back-to-back games.
Meanwhile, Friendswood had already won five in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 22.8 points) and they went ahead and made it six on Saturday. They managed a 68-62 victory over the Rams. Given the Mustangs' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 40th, while the Rams are ranked 290th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Clear Creek's loss dropped their record down to 8-8. As for Friendswood, their win bumped their record up to 13-2.
Clear Creek skirted past Friendswood 59-56 in their previous matchup back in December of 2023. The rematch might be a little tougher for Clear Creek since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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