Basketball Game Preview: Sinton Pirates vs. Incarnate Word Academy Angels

The Sinton Pirates are taking a road trip to take on the Incarnate Word Academy Angels at 2:30 p.m. on Friday. Sinton has now lost ten straight, leaving the team hunting for their first win since December 12.

Last Tuesday, Sinton was just a bucket shy of victory and fell 64-63 to Victoria East. While losing is never fun, the Pirates can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1369th, while the Titans are ranked 591st).

Meanwhile, everything came up roses for Incarnate Word Academy against San Diego on Saturday as the team secured a 72-32 win. The victory made it back-to-back wins for the Angels.

Incarnate Word Academy has been performing well recently as they've won five of their last six matchups, which provided a nice bump to their 13-10 record this season. The wins came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 56.3 points per game. As for Sinton, their loss dropped their record down to 2-16.