Basketball Preview: Commerce Tigers vs. Mount Vernon Tigers
Commerce is 0-4 against Mount Vernon since December of 2018 but things could change on Tuesday. The Commerce Tigers will host the Mount Vernon Tigers at 6:15 p.m. Given that the two teams suffered a loss in their last game, they both have a little extra motivation heading into this match.
Commerce's tournament run continued when they took on Sanger on Saturday. Commerce fell 40-31 to Sanger. The game marked the Tigers' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, a victory for Mount Vernon just wasn't in the cards on Thursday as the team wasn't able to take the lead at any point. They came up short against Longview, falling 60-38. While losing is never fun, the Tigers can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 419th, while the Lobos are ranked 77th).
Mount Vernon's loss dropped their record down to 5-5. As for Commerce, their defeat dropped their record down to 11-4.
Commerce suffered a grim 53-31 defeat to Mount Vernon when the teams last played back in January of 2020. Can Commerce avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.
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