Basketball Game Preview: Palestine Wildcats vs. Madisonville Mustangs

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Previous Games

01/22/25 - Home	55-61 L
02/13/24 - Away	81-45 W
01/26/24 - Home	61-44 W
02/14/23 - Home	51-46 W
01/27/23 - Away	47-38 W
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Palestine has gone 8-2 against Madisonville recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Friday. The Palestine Wildcats will venture away from home to face off against the Madisonville Mustangs at 6:30 p.m. Palestine is coming into the contest on a three-game losing streak.

Last Tuesday, Palestine was within striking distance but couldn't close the gap as they fell 65-59 to Center. While losing is never fun, the Wildcats can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 638th, while the Roughriders are ranked 286th).

Meanwhile, Madisonville unfortunately witnessed the end of their four-game winning streak on Tuesday. They fell just short of Bullard by a score of 57-54.

Palestine's defeat dropped their record down to 13-16. As for Madisonville, their loss dropped their record down to 21-7.

Palestine came up short against Madisonville in their previous matchup two weeks ago, falling 61-55. Can Palestine avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.