Basketball Game Preview: Mission Veterans Memorial Patriots vs. Palmview Lobos

Mission Veterans Memorial is 2-8 against Palmview since January of 2020 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Tuesday. The Mission Veterans Memorial Patriots will challenge the Palmview Lobos at 7:00 p.m. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Mission Veterans Memorial came up short against Rio Grande City on Friday, falling 69-43. While losing is never fun, the Patriots can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1153rd, while the Rattlers are ranked 475th).

Meanwhile, Palmview unfortunately witnessed the end of their three-game winning streak on Friday. They took a 68-56 hit to the loss column at the hands of Nixon.

This is the second loss in a row for Mission Veterans Memorial and nudges their season record down to 10-13. As for Palmview, their defeat dropped their record down to 19-13.

Mission Veterans Memorial took a serious blow against Palmview when the teams last played back in December of 2024, falling 78-37. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Palmview's DAMIAN ANAYA, who almost dropped a double-double on 15 points and nine steals. Now that Mission Veterans Memorial knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.