Basketball Game Preview: Wall Hawks vs. Sweetwater Mustangs

The Wall Hawks will take on the Sweetwater Mustangs in a holiday battle at at 1:15 p.m. on Friday. Wall is coming into the game on a four-game losing streak.

It was a Battle of the Birds when Wall duked it out withAbilene on Tuesday. Wall had to suffer through a 67-35 loss at the hands of Abilene. While losing is never fun, the Hawks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 687th, while the Eagles are ranked 171st).

Meanwhile, winning is always nice, but doing so behind a season-high score is even better (just ask Sweetwater). They strolled past Boyd with points to spare on Saturday, taking the game 69-52. Perhaps unsurprisingly given the team's high-flying offense, the game also marked the team's biggest victory of the season.

Sweetwater's win bumped their record up to 3-8. As for Wall, their loss dropped their record down to 4-7.

Everything came up roses for Wall against Sweetwater in their previous matchup back in November of 2021, as the team secured a 66-31 victory. Will Wall repeat their success, or does Sweetwater have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.