The New Deal Lions and the Jim Ned Indians will round out the year against one another at at 9:00 a.m. on Friday. Expect the scorekeeper to be kept busy: if their previous games are any indication, both will really light up the scoreboard.
Last Friday, New Deal didn't have too much trouble with Ralls as they won 58-42.
Meanwhile, Jim Ned had already won two in a row (a stretch where they outscored their opponents by an average of 9.5 points) and they went ahead and made it three on Friday. They were the clear victor by a 59-39 margin over the Eagles. Given the Indians' advantage in MaxPreps' Texas basketball rankings (they are ranked 501st, while the Eagles are ranked 1102nd), the result wasn't entirely unexpected.
Jim Ned pushed their record up to 10-5 with the victory, which was their eighth straight at home dating back to last season. Those victories came thanks to their offensive performance across that stretch, as they averaged 57.4 points per game. As for New Deal, their win bumped their record up to 7-8.
New Deal was able to grind out a solid victory over Jim Ned when the teams last played back in December of 2022, winning 70-63. Does New Deal have another victory up their sleeve, or will Jim Ned turn the tables on them? We'll have the answer soon enough.
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