Basketball Game Preview: IDEA Weslaco Pike Mavericks vs. IDEA Frontier College Prep

The IDEA Weslaco Pike Mavericks will wrap up 2024 with a road trip to face off against IDEA Frontier College Prep at 11:30 a.m. on Saturday. Both teams took a loss in their last game, so they'll have plenty of motivation to get the 'W'.

Last Friday, IDEA Weslaco Pike came up short against IDEA Riverview and fell 42-33.

Meanwhile, IDEA Frontier College Prep was not able to break out of their rough patch on Friday as the team picked up their 15th straight defeat dating back to last season. They were four points away from ending the streak, but they lost a 61-57 heartbreaker at the hands of IDEA Robindale.

IDEA Weslaco Pike will need focus on slowing down Mario Quezada, one of several IDEA Frontier College Prep players who made an impact when they last played. He went 9 of 17 on his way to 25 points. That was a full 43.9% of IDEA Frontier College Prep's points, marking the ninth time in a row he's posted more than a third of the team's points. The team also got some help courtesy of Jay Pe?a, who dropped a double-double on 11 points and ten rebounds.

IDEA Weslaco Pike's loss dropped their record down to 3-7. As for IDEA Frontier College Prep, their defeat dropped their record down to 0-11.

IDEA Weslaco Pike suffered a grim 58-33 defeat to IDEA Frontier College Prep when the teams last played back in January. Can IDEA Weslaco Pike avenge their loss or is history doomed to repeat itself? We'll find out soon enough.