Basketball Recap: Rio Grande City's Higher State Rank on Full Display on Friday

Rio Grande City won the last time they faced Roma and things went their way on Friday too. The Rio Grande City Rattlers greeted the New Year with with a 56-41 win over the Roma Gladiators. Given the Rattlers' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 456th, while the Gladiators are ranked 1166th), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.

Rattlers

Previous 2 Games

01/03/25 @ Roma	56-41
12/31/24 vs Mission	49-41

The victory made it two in a row for Rio Grande City and bumps their season record up to 18-9. As for Roma, they have traveled a rocky road recently having lost six of their last eight matches, which is still a better percentage than their 4-13 record this season.

Rio Grande City will square off against Cigarroa at 7:30 p.m. on January 10th. As for Roma, they will be playing at home against Mission Veterans Memorial at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday.