Basketball Preview: Rio Grande City Rattlers vs. Palmview Lobos
Rio Grande City has gone 8-2 against Palmview recently and they'll look to pad the win column further on Tuesday. The Rio Grande City Rattlers are taking a road trip to take on the Palmview Lobos at 6:00 p.m. Rio Grande City has insisted on making their lastthree contests complete nail-biters, turning in a record of 0-3 during that stretch of close contests.
Rio Grande City's tournament run continued when they took on Edinburg North on Friday. Rio Grande City was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 36-35 to Edinburg North. That's two games in a row now that the Rattlers have lost by just one point.
Meanwhile, Palmview didn't have too much trouble with Nixon on Tuesday as they won 51-36. The win made it back-to-back victories for the Lobos.
Palmview's success was the result of a balanced attack that saw several players step up, but Nicole Flores led the charge by posting 14 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Mia Rojas, who posted 11 points.
Palmview's victory was their third straight at home, which pushed their record up to 10-6. Those good results were due in large part to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 25.3 points per game. As for Rio Grande City, they have been struggling recently as they've lost seven of their last nine games, which put a noticeable dent in their 5-7 record this season.
Rio Grande City couldn't quite finish off Palmview when the teams last played back in January and fell 54-51. Can Rio Grande City avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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