Basketball Game Preview: Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest Javelinas vs. Pioneer Diamondbacks

Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest hasn't had much luck against Pioneer recently, but that could start to change on Friday. The Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest Javelinas are taking a road trip to face off against the Pioneer Diamondbacks at 6:00 p.m.

Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest is headed into Friday's game looking for a big change in momentum after dropping their 36th straight game dating back to last season on Friday. They were beaten by Rowe 61-22. While losing is never fun, the Javelinas can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1400th, while the Warriors are ranked 250th).

Meanwhile, Pioneer had already won 13 in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 25.2 points) and they went ahead and made it 14 on Tuesday. They took down the Warriors 57-39. That's two games straight that the Diamondbacks have won by exactly 18 points.

Pioneer is on a roll lately: they've won 15 of their last 16 matches, which provided a massive bump to their 25-9 record this season. As for Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest, their loss dropped their record down to 0-19.

Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest was taken down by Pioneer 74-5 in their previous meeting back in December of 2024. Can Pharr-San Juan-Alamo Southwest avenge their defeat or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.