Basketball Game Preview: Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears vs. Vidor Pirates

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Previous Games

01/30/24 - Away	62-63 L
01/05/24 - Home	48-45 W
01/31/23 - Home	61-52 W
01/06/23 - Away	61-44 W
02/04/22 - Home	71-47 W
+ 5 more games

Little Cypress-Mauriceville has gone 8-2 against Vidor recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Little Cypress-Mauriceville Bears will take on the Vidor Pirates at 7:00 p.m. Both come into the game bolstered by wins in their previous matches.

On Monday, Little Cypress-Mauriceville earned a 67-56 victory over Onalaska. The win was all the more spectacular given the Bears' disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 727th, while the Wildcats are ranked 323rd).

Meanwhile, Vidor waltzed into their contest on Saturday with eight straight wins... but they left with nine. They came out on top in a nail-biter against the Cougars, sneaking past 53-51. That's two games straight that the Pirates have won by exactly two points.

Little Cypress-Mauriceville has been performing well recently as they've won four of their last five matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 11-12 record this season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 53.0 points per game. As for Vidor, their victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 17-6.

Little Cypress-Mauriceville and Vidor were neck-and-neck in their previous meeting back in January, but Little Cypress-Mauriceville came up empty-handed after a 63-62 loss. Can Little Cypress-Mauriceville avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.