Basketball Game Preview: San Isidro Tigers vs. George West Longhorns

The San Isidro Tigers will face off against the George West Longhorns at 9:30 a.m. on Thursday. San Isidro is looking for their season's first win.

San Isidro's tournament run continued when they took on Raymondville on Friday. San Isidro lost to Raymondville on the road by a 51-35 margin. The game marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring match so far this season.

While George West didn't have the best season last year (they finished 13-19), it's starting to look like those struggles are a thing of the past. They enjoyed a cozy 56-37 victory over Banquete on Tuesday.

George West is on a roll lately: they've won four of their last five contests, which provided a nice bump to their 6-3 record this season. As for San Isidro, their loss dropped their record down to 0-5.

San Isidro was dealt a bruising 61-34 defeat at the hands of George West in their previous matchup back in December of 2022. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of George West's Teagan Collins, who went 8 of 11 en route to 21 points and three steals. Now that San Isidro knows the damage he can cause, will they be able to stop him this time? There's only one way to find out.