Basketball Game Preview: La Grange Leopards vs. Navasota Rattlers

The La Grange Leopards will challenge the Navasota Rattlers at 7:15 p.m. on Tuesday. Both teams are coming into the matchup red-hot, with La Grange sitting on seven straight victories and Navasota on four.

On Friday, La Grange strolled past Caldwell with points to spare, taking the game 54-38. Given the Leopards' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 621st, while the Hornets are ranked 1347th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Meanwhile, you're bound to get a positive result if you outscore your opponent every quarter, and that's exactly how it played out for Navasota on Friday. Given that consistent dominance, it should come as no surprise that they blew Smithville out of the water with an 83-16 final score. The Rattlers have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine contests by 21 points or more this season.

Navasota is also on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten games, which provided a nice bump to their 20-8 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 66.3 points per game. As for La Grange, their win was their fourth straight at home, which pushed their record up to 21-8.

La Grange didn't have too much breathing room in their match against Navasota in their previous meeting two weeks ago, but they still walked away with a 50-45 victory. The rematch might be a little tougher for La Grange since the squad won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.