Texas City and Ball are an even 5-5 against one another since February of 2020, but not for long. The Texas City Stingarees will challenge the Ball Tornadoes at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Texas City is coming into the matchup on a five-game losing streak.
Texas City is coming in off a wild two-game stretch: after soaring to 65 points last Friday, they were much more limited against Friendswood on Tuesday. They took a blow against the Mustangs, falling 59-29. The game marked the Stingarees' lowest-scoring contest so far this season.
Meanwhile, Ball came up short against Friendswood on Friday and fell 50-38. While losing is never fun, the Tornadoes can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 371st, while the Mustangs are ranked 43rd).
Ball now has a losing record at 9-10. As for Texas City, their defeat dropped their record down to 5-20.
Texas City skirted past Ball 49-46 in their previous meeting on January 3rd. The rematch might be a little tougher for Texas City since the team won't have the home-court advantage this time around. We'll see if the change in venue makes a difference.
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