Preview: Teague Lions vs. Fairfield Eagles
Teague is 2-8 against Fairfield since December of 2018 but they'll have a chance to close the gap a little bit on Friday. The Teague Lions will take on the Fairfield Eagles at 6:00 p.m. Teague is no doubt hoping to put an end to a four-game streak of away losses.
Teague struggled with threes on Tuesday (Westwood had five more) and sadly the final score reflected it. Teague took a serious blow against Westwood, falling 90-45. While losing is never fun, Teague can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1020th, while Westwood is ranked 359th).
Despite the defeat, Teague saw an underclassman step up: Brayden Leija scored eight points along with three steals. Leija has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last three times he's played. Another player making a difference was NICK BARRENTINE, who scored 11 points along with three steals.
Meanwhile, Fairfield was fully in charge on Tuesday, breezing past Buffalo 69-41 at home.
Teague's defeat dropped their record down to 10-14. As for Fairfield, their victory ended a three-game drought at home and bumped them up to 13-19.
Teague was able to grind out a solid victory over Fairfield in their previous matchup on Friday, winning 75-63. The rematch might be a little tougher for Teague since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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