Basketball Game Preview: Victoria East Titans vs. Fort Bend Marshall Buffalos

The Victoria East Titans will head out to take on the Fort Bend Marshall Buffalos at 1:30 p.m. on Friday. Keep an eye on the score for this one: both posted some lofty point totals in their previous games.

Fort Bend Marshall is hoping to do what Sinton couldn't on Tuesday: put an end to Victoria East's winning streak, which now stands at three games. Victoria East pulled ahead with a 64-63 photo finish over Sinton. Given the Titans' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 590th, while the Pirates are ranked 1383rd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, Fort Bend Marshall had already won six in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 21.7 points) and they went ahead and made it seven two weeks ago. They strolled past the Lions with points to spare, taking the game 73-58.

Fort Bend Marshall pushed their record up to 22-2 with the victory, which was their 11th straight on the road dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.6 points per game. As for Victoria East, they are on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven contests, which provided a massive bump to their 15-10 record this season.