Basketball Game Preview: Shallowater Mustangs vs. Friona Chieftans

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Previous 5 Games

01/03/25 - Home	77-27 W
02/13/18 - Home	77-27 W
01/20/18 - Away	77-28 W
02/14/17 - Away	69-38 W
01/20/17 - Home	56-35 W

Shallowater has gone 5-0 against Friona recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Shallowater Mustangs will square off against the Friona Chieftans at 7:30 p.m. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Shallowater has four straight victories, Friona has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

On Friday, Shallowater didn't have too much breathing room in their contest against Littlefield, but they still walked away with a 51-46 win.

Meanwhile, Friona had to suffer through a 79-21 loss at the hands of Slaton. While losing is never fun, the Chieftans can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1488th, while the Tigers are ranked 197th).

Shallowater's victory bumped their record up to 11-4. As for Friona, their defeat dropped their record down to 4-20.

Everything came up roses for Shallowater against Friona in their previous matchup on January 3rd, as the team secured a 77-27 win. In that match, Shallowater amassed a halftime lead of 36-11, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.