Mission Veterans Memorial and Palmview are an even 5-5 against one another since January of 2019, but not for long. The Mission Veterans Memorial Patriots will be playing at home against the Palmview Lobos at 7:00 p.m. on Tuesday. Mission Veterans Memorial is coming into the match on a five-game losing streak.
Last Tuesday, Mission Veterans Memorial came up short against Rio Grande City and fell 45-33. While losing is never fun, Mission Veterans Memorial can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 959th, while Rio Grande City is ranked 463rd).
Meanwhile, Palmview unfortunately witnessed the end of their 17-game winning streak on Friday. They were just a bucket shy of victory and fell 36-35 to Martin.
Even though the team lost, they still had their share of impressive performances. One of the most dominant came from Nicole Flores, who scored 16 points along with two steals. She has been hot recently, having posted two or more steals the last eight times she's played. Another player making a difference was Destinee Garza, who scored six points along with five steals.
Mission Veterans Memorial has been struggling recently, as they've lost seven of their last eight matches, which put a noticeable dent in their 8-14 record this season. As for Palmview, their defeat ended a six-game streak of away wins and brought them to 25-6.
Mission Veterans Memorial took a serious blow against Palmview when the teams last played on January 2nd, falling 60-20. A big factor in that loss was the dominant performance of Flores, who scored 18 points along with five assists and five steals. Now that Mission Veterans Memorial knows the damage she can cause, will they be able to stop her this time? Check MaxPreps.com after the match to find out.
