The Santa Rosa Warriors will challenge the IDEA Weslaco Pike Mavericks at 7:00 p.m. on Friday. The teams are on pretty different trajectories at the moment (Santa Rosa has four straight wins, IDEA Weslaco Pike has five straight losses), but none of that matters once you're on the court.
Santa Rosa will head into Tuesday's matchup hoping to keep the good times rolling: they had to skate by with only a two-point margin when they last took the court, which might have inspired the 25-point drubbing they dealt IDEA Robindale on Tuesday. Santa Rosa put the hurt on IDEA Robindale with a sharp 43-18 victory. The Warriors have made a habit of sweeping their opponents off the court, having now won nine contests by 22 points or more this season.
Meanwhile, it's never fun to lose, and it's even less fun to lose 93-27, which was the final score in IDEA Weslaco Pike's tilt against Rio Hondo on Tuesday. While losing is never fun, the Mavericks can't take it too hard given the team's big disadvantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 1349th, while the Bobcats are ranked 507th).
Santa Rosa pushed their record up to 16-6 with the win, which was their third straight on the road. The wins came thanks to their defensive effort, having only surrendered 10.3 points per game. As for IDEA Weslaco Pike, their defeat dropped their record down to 1-8.
Santa Rosa strolled past IDEA Weslaco Pike when the teams last played back in November of 2024 by a score of 37-23. Will Santa Rosa repeat their success, or does IDEA Weslaco Pike have a new game plan this time around? We'll find out soon enough.
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