Preview: Duncanville Panthers and Pantherettes vs. Mansfield Tigers
Duncanville is 9-1 against the Tigers since January of 2016, and they'll have a chance to extend that success on Friday. The Duncanville Panthers and Pantherettes will look to defend their home court against the Mansfield Tigers at 7:30 p.m. Duncanville knows how to get points on the board -- the team has finished with flashy point totals in its past 23 matches -- so hopefully the Tigers likes a good challenge.
Even though Waxahachie scored an imposing 77 points on Tuesday, Duncanville still came out on top. Duncanville snuck past the Indians with a 83-77 win. The score was all tied up 40-40 at the break, but Duncanville was the better team in the second half.
Multiple players turned in solid performances to lead Duncanville to victory, but perhaps none more so than Bugg Edwards, who scored 28 points. The team also got some help courtesy of Brandon Davis-ray, who dropped a double-double on 19 points and 11 rebounds.
Meanwhile, Mansfield pushed their score all the way to 69 on Tuesday, but even that wasn't enough to win. They fell to Cedar Hill 74-69. Despite running the score up even higher than they did in their prior game on Friday (57), Mansfield still had to take the loss.
Duncanville is on a roll lately: they've won nine of their last ten contests, which provided a massive bump to their 14-9 record this season. As for Mansfield, they have been struggling recently as they've lost nine of their last 11 matchups, which put a noticeable dent in their 11-15 record this season.
Duncanville was able to grind out a solid victory over the Tigers in their previous meeting back in January, winning 73-64. Does Duncanville have another victory up their sleeve, or will the Tigers turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
