Basketball Game Preview: Winnsboro Raiders vs. Commerce Tigers

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Previous 6 Games

01/07/25 - Home	70-30 W
02/11/20 - Home	92-26 W
01/17/20 - Away	67-24 W
02/05/19 - Away	76-17 W
01/11/19 - Home	66-21 W
12/01/16 - Home	60-14 W

Winnsboro has gone 6-0 against Commerce recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Winnsboro Raiders will venture away from home to square off against the Commerce Tigers at 6:15 p.m. Winnsboro is coming into the contest hot, having won their last eight games.

Winnsboro can't be too worried about heading out to take on Commerce: they just beat Martins Mill at home, who had been dominant on their own court up to that point. Winnsboro managed a 42-37 win over Martins Mill on Tuesday. The 42-point effort marked the Raiders' lowest-scoring game of the season, but in the end it didn't matter.

Meanwhile, Commerce unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Tuesday. They took a hard 69-52 fall against Rains. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 366th, while the Wildcats are ranked 77th).

Commerce's defeat dropped their record down to 18-9. As for Winnsboro, they pushed their record up to 29-3 with the victory, which was their eighth straight on the road.

Everything came up roses for Winnsboro against Commerce in their previous meeting on January 7th, as the team secured a 70-30 win. The rematch might be a little tougher for Winnsboro since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.