The Lancaster Tigers will take on the Mesquite Skeeters at 8:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Lancaster has 11 straight wins, Mesquite has eight straight defeats), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Lancaster is coming in fresh off a high-stakes matchup with another one of Texas' top teams: Duncanville, who was ranked 18th at the time (Lancaster was ranked 11th). Lancaster walked away with a 68-60 victory over Duncanville on Tuesday.
Meanwhile, Mesquite came up short against Skyline on Tuesday and fell 57-49. That's two games in a row now that the Skeeters have lost by exactly eight points.
Lancaster pushed their record up to 22-5 with the win, which was their 14th straight on the road dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 77.5 points per game. As for Mesquite, their loss dropped their record down to 9-16.
Everything came up roses for Lancaster against Mesquite when the teams last played on January 7th, as the team secured an 81-52 victory. Will Lancaster repeat their success, or does Mesquite have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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