Basketball Game Preview: Giddings Buffaloes vs. La Grange Leopards

The Giddings Buffaloes will head out to challenge the La Grange Leopards at 7:30 p.m. on Friday. Giddings has now lost eight straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since December 5.

Giddings is headed into the matchup out to prove that what happened against Wimberley on Friday (when they were outscored in every quarter) was just a minor bump in the road. Giddings had to suffer through a 73-38 loss at the hands of Wimberley. While losing is never fun, the Buffaloes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1337th, while the Texans are ranked 255th).

Meanwhile, La Grange was not able to break out of their rough patch on Monday as the team picked up their fourth straight loss. They opened the new year with a less-than-successful 58-48 defeat to Bandera.

Giddings' loss dropped their record down to 2-9. As for La Grange, their defeat dropped their record down to 14-8.

Giddings suffered a grim 46-25 defeat to La Grange when the teams last played back in February of 2024. Can Giddings avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.