Basketball Game Preview: Windthorst Trojans vs. Aspermont Hornets

The Windthorst Trojans will take on the Aspermont Hornets in a tournament on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Windthorst has three straight wins, Aspermont has three straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.

Last Friday, everything went Windthorst's way against Petrolia as Windthorst made off with a 56-35 victory.

Meanwhile, Aspermont lost to Valley at home by a 51-36 margin on Friday. While losing is never fun, the Hornets can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1003rd, while the Patriots are ranked 405th).

Windthorst is on a roll lately: they've won six of their last seven matches, which provided a nice bump to their 7-6 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 52.4 points per game. As for Aspermont, their loss dropped their record down to 9-5.