Basketball Game Preview: Mexia Black Cats vs. Fairfield Eagles

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Previous Games

01/03/25 - Away	93-61 W
01/30/24 - Away	68-50 W
01/05/24 - Home	79-53 W
02/06/23 - Home	75-52 W
01/06/23 - Away	83-67 W
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Mexia has gone 9-1 against Fairfield recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Mexia Black Cats will be playing at home against the Fairfield Eagles at 7:30 p.m. Mexia knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with 55 points or more in their past six matches -- so hopefully Fairfield likes a good challenge.

Fairfield better have a healthy lead at halftime, because if last week is any indication, that's when Mexia really get things going. Mexia took their game on Friday with ease, bagging a 64-35 win over Elkhart. Given the Black Cats' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 379th, while the Elks are ranked 1116th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Fairfield fell on hard times earlier this season, but after back-to-back victories it seems like their luck might finally be changing. They blew past Buffalo, posting a 75-43 win. The contest marked the Eagles' most dominant victory of the season.

Mexia's win was their fifth straight on the road, which pushed their record up to 18-10. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 76.8 points per game. As for Fairfield, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 6-11.

Everything came up roses for Mexia against Fairfield when the teams last played on January 3rd, as the squad secured a 93-61 win. In that match, Mexia amassed a halftime lead of 45-21, an impressive feat they'll look to repeat on Tuesday.